Arrrgh! Micro$h*t again....
>> > Oh, CDC...Computer Dinosaur Corporation...
>>
>> And one I coined after I'd been given the price for some trivial spare
>> part (a light bulb, I think) for a PDP11..
>>
>> DEC - Darn Expensive Components :-)
>
>And most of the Unibus PDP-11's delivered in the 70's and early 80's had
>cabinet trim and/or front panel color scheme as "Purple/Magenta", leading
>to:
>
>PDP=Purple Data Processor
IBM=Intern-run Brainless Corporation (But not any more!)
Received on Mon Mar 16 1998 - 20:55:45 GMT
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