28 Oct
2010
28 Oct
'10
4:05 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Perhaps the major contribution of the PDP-11 and VAX
was that they
were comparatively cheap for the processing power.
"They DEFINED the MINI-computer market segment!"
There were years when fresh CS graduates didn't accept the existence of
anything else - much like Windoze now is for the general public.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com