Even Paul Allen liked DEC! He has started a new website expounding - here's the article:
http://www.acmqueue.com.nyud.net:8090/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=353&page=1 or http://tinyurl.com/bray2 On 1/13/06, Ken Cornetet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember those. That was my last year at U of L and they announced > that the next year all engineering students would be required to buy a > rainbow. The cost was to be spread over 4 years of tuition. Fortunately, > the rainbow proved itself an instant flop and U of L dropped that plan. > > If memory serves, they did run MSDOS, but they didn't have a pc > compatible BIOS so that while they gave the impression that they were PC > compatible, in reality they wouldn't run anything that required BIOS > calls (which was 99% of the software out there). We used a lot of HP 150 > touch screens, and they were the same way. > > Also, you had to buy pre-formatted floppies from DEC - you couldn't > format your own. At least until someone leaked the formatting utilities. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kat Collins > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:18 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/ > -- 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/
