On 03/09/2016 02:52 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Yes; it is only the ageing capacitors in some of the equipment from that era > that lets the kit down. > I never used Tek equipment, but did use the early Data General SuperNova in > the early 70s, then the DEC stuff, all of which was very well made. I smile > when folk say "Why does such-and-such a computer manufacturer have such high > prices?". Quality always costs. It usually pays too, although history tells > us those companies don't always survive (with the exception of Apple, of > course). The general public are price sensitive. It's pretty much the same > story with quality tools. > > Marcus Jon and I have had numerous discussions back and forth here on the list about DEC and VMS. I was a VMS sysadmin for years before moving over to he dark side of Unix. DEC made bulletproof computing possible, both with the VMS OS and the qualification process they had for their hardware. We had VAX VMS systems still up and running at NRL when I retired last year.
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