DECUS PDP-11 SPACE WAR?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/8/18 1:18 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> The DECUS conference proceedings I've scanned
> gives attendance
>
> DECUS membership 1961-1972
>
> 1961  12
> 1962  25
> 1963  43
> 1964  202
> 1965  426
> 1966  850
> 1967  2008
> 1968  3476
> 1969  6054
> 1970  9110
> 1971  12213 - 5590 installation delegates, 6623 individual members.
> 1972  15295 - 7052                         8243
>
> This is only up through the start of the PDP-11, it obviously got
> MUCH bigger after that.
>
> There were also large LUGs (Local Interest Groups)
> The ones in Milwaukee and Chicago were pretty big.
>
> On 12/8/18 10:10 AM, Adrian Stoness wrote:
>> how big were the decus confrinces back in the day?

I don't know if it reflects an actual count, but before Compaq

changed the DECUS Membership # to an alphabetic jumble

taken from your name my original DECUS Membership # was

368513.  Don't remember what year  but it was likely mid 80's.


bill