27 Oct
2010
27 Oct
'10
8:31 a.m.
In this case I think popularity is important. ?The
'11 instruction set was
somewhat of a
departure from other machines in that it was very "programmer friendly".
I think a lot of people would not agree with that. The PDP-10 people,
for example.
The VAX was widely adopted in universities and at one
point it could have
almost been
said that many people considered "all the worlds a VAX" since they were so
popular.
I am thinking more about the hardware development of the architecture
- were there any real innovations the DEC guys came up with and made
public when the machines were introduced?
(I don't know about you, but the 370 operators
always got tense when I
touched
the console,
Yes, when the EPO switch is pulled and it makes a sizable dent in the
company's stock, and maybe the Dow as a whole, well, yes, they tend to
be nervous.
You could insert a small paragraph here about the role
of unix and how unix
and
the pdp-11 and vax interacted.
Are you saying that the PDP-11 and VAX were the first machines where
the hardware and software were both considered and designed together?
Once again, I think a lot of people would not agree with that.
--
Will