24 Jan
2014
24 Jan
'14
7:40 a.m.
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, Evan Koblentz wrote:
...in order to sell them to government entities that weren't allowed to
purchase "computers".
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
> A nice
article, but keep in mind that "first", along with "only" (and
possibly "last"), are the most dangerous words in historic research, and
should be avoided at all costs. -- Will
Big +1 to that.
Also, what's a mainframe? What's a mini? Is it okay to apply current
definitions to 1960s concepts? And consider that DEC called 'em "Programmable
Data Processors".