Why is it that Wang equipment is not seen available
very often? I
just find it interesting that you rarely see many people on the list
discussing Wang mini's or Wang workstations.
IIRC, Wang prior to the IBM PC era, kept a very closed system. OS
internals, file formats, network protocols, etc. were very hard to come
by. Consider also, that Wang found its biggest following in the WP and
document segment of the market. Collectors tend not to be interested in
old WP equipment as much as general-purpose minis and micros.
After the IBM PC came along, there was Multimate, which had the look and
feel of the Wang WP software for a system cost that was a fraction of a
Wang setup. That really hurt Wang Labs badly.
And then there was Fred Wang--probably the biggest mistake the company ever
made. He should have read his dad's autobiography.
Cheers,
Chuck