DEC Design and implementation

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Sat Sep 25 08:04:21 1999

> >Seriously the hardware boys seemed to be just a touch off center for the
> >realm. Even the VT180, a very good CPM engine design they left off
> >two sided (rev-H has it but I've never seen a real one) and that crippled
> >disk expansion to the denser two sided media.
>
> Bounded System:
> A system which would be usable if it could be expanded...
> ... but it can't because it's bounded.
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
>

Was it the hardware boys or was it the marketing types who said,
"Don't put that in. It will steal sales from the higher commission
and higher priced xxx machine."

I can't believe hardware guys were responsible for single sided RX180
drives and the really lousy RX50's.

Bill

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