31 May
2001
31 May
'01
12:15 a.m.
At 10:26 PM 5/30/01 -0500, you wrote:
And a MicroVAX II ??? Why? Not anything against the
MicroVAX II as it's
a machine which I really quite like, but I guess I don't understand
it's significant place in history.
-brian.
In university settings, the introduction of the uVax II
marked the point when each research group or individual professors
could afford to have their own number cruncher, customized with the
software that was relevant for a particular group. Before then,
you needed to resort to university or department-wide facilities.
This is in the US. In less rich countries, the uVax II meant
that the engineering school could finally afford their
number cruncher.
Quite a landmark by my standards.
carlos.
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