Yep - that was me back in the day... the only gurl in a class of 30 guys!! And they wondered why I was there... hehehe!!
I was 23, skinny (yes, I really was!) and usually the only one there who wasn't a programmer or techie! I just could figure out a lot and my boss kept sending me to the classes!! It made his numbers look good when he was doing his annual reviews and I had fun! On 1/12/06, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think DEC was really into the PC. I mean who could want the PC when > they had a beautiful PDP 11/something or other sitting in the same room? I > know that is how I felt back when I had a choice which machine to use. I had > the option of working on a lone Rainbow or a PDP/11-84 running RSTS. The PDP > was much more fun, you could take over other consoles and make them say > funny things like "whoa, what smells" or "you type like a chimpanzee with > its eyes blindfolders" or my all time fav "wow, I really like how you touch > my keys...". The last was reserved obviously for the very pretty young > ladies who for some odd reason took a computer class instead of whatever > they normally took because we usually had 99% dorky guys in the classes. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee, Wook > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > > Ah, now we're really dragging out the old war horses. My first job at DEC > was writing CBI courses for the DECmate WPS+ list processing module. > They gave me a Robin (think VT100 with a processor and dual 5.25" floppy > disks) to use at home (a little basement studio next to the laundry room in > the basement of my apartment building in Acton, MA.) My second job was > writing a device driver in C for a Polaroid CRT-to-film peripheral called > the Polaroid Palette (had a mini-high resolution B&W CRT and a Color-filter > wheel all controlled by a Z80 processor) for the very same Rainbow PC. > > In those days, Digital could not decide on a PC strategy. There were three > different product lines that all had some potential but none of them took > off. We had the Rainbow which was close to what became mainstream with an > 8088 or 8086 processor, the DECmate with was basically a secretarial > workstation running WPS+ and not much else and the Pro 350 which was a > repackaged PDP-11 that spent a few years as the console device for some of > the bigger VAXen. If I recall correctly, the Pro 350 OS was based on RSTS. > > Those were the good old days before 1987 and Black Tuesday. I think I had > some Digital options at something like $150. Sigh. > > Wook > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kat Collins > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > > Anyone remember the Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal computer. > Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own proprietary DEC-OS and > was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps. It died a year or two later, but > the marketing stickers held up for about 10 years!! I had one stuck to my > daughter's mirror and damned if I could get it off!! > > And the DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!! > > On 1/11/06, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the > average > > bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are more > well > > rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm. > > > > The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E > Monitor > > Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on the > internals > > so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote the original > Trek too > > so if your system was still up after poking around in the internals > you > > could play a video game on your DecWriter or VT52. > > > > I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and > Win31 > > on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or so > people in > > the panel interview started asking me questions about the equipment > the job > > was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I couldn't answer any of > the > > questions so they saw DEC on my resume and started asking DEC > questions and > > a couple of hours later we were all laughing and I had my choice of > the > > three open positions they had even though I knew nothing about any of > them. > > :) > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > McGlinchey > > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > > > > My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC, > Digital > > Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in the > 90's and > > the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing enough > money. > > This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were > against > > them so they kept their money in their pockets where it belonged and > 2) the > > ones that did play were pretty good at it and were winning too much. > > > > I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me > instead. > > Have a good conference. > > > > John McGlinchey > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, > > > Michael M. > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > > > > > > I think you are going to find the same at Green Valley - > > > http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/gaming/index.html > > > > > > Leave your car and house titles at home! > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > -- > Kat Collins - "The Email of the species is more powerful than the Mail!" > > "The human voice is the organ of the soul." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > -- Kat Collins - "The Email of the species is more powerful than the Mail!" "The human voice is the organ of the soul." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
