On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 07:57:01 MDT, Vernon Schryver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Only people who are both innumerate and ignorant of the contexts and
> meanings of both the 640K and 5 computers/world remarks say such things.
> For example, in its context, the 640K remark was as reasonable as the
> partitioning of the phsical and virtual address spacees of the computers
> that were used to compose the recent remarks.
Also, whether or not Thomas J Watson said 5 or not, it's interesting to go
back and look at how many of the beasts IBM actually *DID* sell - I do believe
that IBM installed one system "on display" in NYC where passers-by could see
the system. And only 5 or 6 others of that model were made, unless I misremember
my history.
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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