A case for downgrading to PCs (was: WARNING: RANTING COMPUTER NUT...

From: David V. Corbin <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
Date: Wed Jun 16 14:48:46 2004

>>> <snip>
>>>Let me tell you about when a school downgraded their computer facilities
to PCs...
>>>It was in 1983,...
>>>The community college taught DP, using a PDP11. I'm not sure of the
specific model, because I came in later.
>>> </snip>

A truly horrid tale [though it is good to learn how the stuff arrived in
that backyard!].

I too saw many items being "dumpstered" over the years, including a
perfectly working VAX 750 [with 3 racks of tape and disk drives] because "it
was no longer needed and would be too hard to try to sell".

I have also seen a good number of "Y" vs. "Delta" screwups [although none
that ever directly effected computer equipment]. The worst was in the late
1970's when a company was being moved to a new part of the power grid [the
area was rapdily developing and expanding]. "Someone" did not realize that
about half the building was wired in a "non-standard" fashion. "Fortunately"
the wiring acted pretty much as fuses and aside from a small fire, the
damage was minimal.
Received on Wed Jun 16 2004 - 14:48:46 BST