On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
> Yes, I realized that. The PDP-8 and PDP-11 are definitely worthy of
> mention, but did they really make the impact and have significance equal
> to the Altair and the others? I'm sure you could argue to that effect.
> Care to?
Well, the DECs had a serious impact on history for those of us whose
normal command prompt is a simple dollar sign.
--
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails
of the last priest." [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
Received on Tue Apr 29 1997 - 08:30:03 BST