Sam Ismail <dastar(a)ncal.verio.com> wrote:
"Personal Computer" is such a worthless
term; we should throw it out.
Because even the timeshare computers could be used "personally" if someone
hacked in and killed all the other users' processes.
:WARN @;BACKUP STARTING IN 5 MINUTES
Hacked in? I'll have you know I had full authority to abort their
sessions. I was the operator, after all, and we had a scheduled time
for the backup. Same time every night and I gave them 20 minutes
notice (and again at 15, 10, 5, 1, and 0). It wasn't my problem if
they didn't want to stick around 'til I was willing to let them log on
again.
And if I may say so, an HP3000 Series III made a damn fine personal
computer.
-Frank McConnell