I was told about 20 years ago that it was Western Electric. They were the 2nd largest manufacturer of PDP-11 next to DEC and produced them under license for their "customer" AT&T. -----Original Message----- From: Ward Donald Griffiths III [mailto:gram@cnct.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 10:23 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: What was the first Unix micro? OK, I'm getting tired of the arguments about who made the first microprocessor. Fine. Maybe God did -- it's called DNA and as an atheist I don't grant credit to anybody. Trivia question: who made the first successful mass-produced _and_ mass-marketed (in one system) Unix hardware platform? -- Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/> When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright