John Hearns wrote:
[...]
Just let me correct you there. Surely PDP-8s were calculators or Data
Processing whatchamacallits,
and emphatically NOT Computer Systems.
(A history lesson is called for here - I cannot remember the exact
terminology which allowed PDPs to be sold to individual labs and
departments)
Hello, John.
It's interesting to read about the history of PDP's in this context:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmed_Data_Processor
I'm a verteran of Version 7 Unix on the pdp11/23 and 11/34 myself, and I
had an 11/23 in my front room until I bought a PC to replace it :-)
Tony.
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