29 Jan
2013
29 Jan
'13
2:02 p.m.
From: microcode at zoho.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 7:22 AM
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:08:11AM -0500, Christian
Gauger-Cosgrove
wrote:
> In the former case the TOAD-1 is most definitely
"big iron" as it is
> a descendant of the KL-10, which is most assuredly a mainframe.
DEC never made a mainframe and nobody from DEC ever
asserted they did
AFAIK. It's odd to see posts claiming DEC made mainframes or that VAX
is big iron from a group where calling a DE9 a DB9 produces a
500-thread post ;-)
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. The PDP-6/PDP-10
family of 36-bit systems was clearly mainframe big iron, with a physical
memory space larger and performance better than a 360/50.
Further, in 1989, the VAX 9000 was introduced to the world as "Digital's
First Mainframe" (at which the PDP-10 customers laughed derisively).
Stop the hysterical revisionism. DEC made minis. Minis
are not big
iron.
Agreed. DEC made minis, which are not big iron. The revisionism on
your part is in claiming that DEC did not make mainframes.
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
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