20 Jun
2005
20 Jun
'05
11:04 a.m.
True. But other computer makers of even lower stature
have shown up
on the CC list, and in bitsavers. Apart from the big ones, it seems
to be just a random process that determines which machines appear and
which ones do not. For example, I can't think of any other reason why
Varian would show up in Al's archive and Philips would not...
I doubt there were ever more than 100 Phillips machines in the US at any
given time. Perhaps in Europe they were more popular, but here they were
effectively not even a tiny speck in the minicomputer industry.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org