I cut my programming teeth on a VAX-11/780 - sure brings back some great memories… thanks!
Michael KK6RWK > On May 18, 2018, at 2:04 PM, Walter Underwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > I consider the K3S to be what Gordon Bell called a “mid-life kicker”. That is > a technology upgrade with small changes to the design. It extends the life of > a product without the cost of a major redesign. It can be a very smart move. > > For example, the VAX-11/785 was the same as the VAX-11/780, but built with a > faster logic family so it was 50% faster. That is a pure example—a DEC > spokesman called it “bug for bug compatible”. > > This is the section on “mid-life kickers” from a long chapter by Bell, Mudge, > and McNamara about technology and product strategy. > > https://books.google.com/books?id=SDOoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=gordon+bell+mid-life+kicker&source=bl&ots=qrJ7DM7xPt&sig=YZyqZTRujNvDkGTgPQffOUv2UBo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjI6fGJkJDbAhWHO48KHVSyCWUQ6AEwAHoECAEQKg#v=onepage&q=gordon%20bell%20mid-life%20kicker&f=false > > And of course, you stay on top by obsoleting your own stuff before your > competitors do that. > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > >> On May 18, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When your topline rig are is at or near the top of Rob Sherwood's list of >> the best receivers and of the cleanest CW transmitters tested by ARRL, and >> your super-portable rigs give most desktop rigs a run for their money on >> performance, and when you've got first-rate power amps at the 100w, 500W, >> and 1,500W level, it's hard to justify the argument for a new transceiver. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> On 5/18/2018 1:07 PM, Peter Pauly wrote: >>> I asked Eric if there were any new products and he said just the new amp >>> and the little portable antenna. >>> >>> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:36 PM, mark roz via Elecraft < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Wow. No K4 at Dayton? >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
