Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:57:29 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: List Free Bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: no flames, please. Message-ID: <986dbb6efb36c192a51097af979a13f4@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <20050312022456.GB48560@thought.org> References: <20050311222646.GC47688@thought.org> <E1D9swf-0004t8-00@pop-a065c28.pas.sa.earthlink.net> <20050312005916.GA48346@thought.org> <28eca570565e9cde9336705620865291@shire.net> <20050312022456.GB48560@thought.org>
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On Mar 11, 2005, at 7:24 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:24:10PM -0700, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > wrote: >> >> On Mar 11, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Gary Kline wrote: >>> >>> PS: When did DEC ever have a PeeCee? I remember their >>> 11/* machines fondly; the next thing I knew they got >>> bought out by a PC firm. >>> >> >> DEC had lots of PCs. Desktops, laptops. etc. Even SAMs club had DEC >> PCs. >> >> They started off with their proprietary Pros and Rainbows, then went >> to >> industry standard PCs once the BIOSes had been legally cloned. Part >> of >> their PC work was with Olivetti. > > Wasn't it DEC that crreated the early 64-bit Alpha?? > Or was this afteer they were sold down the river to > <was it Compac?>? I didn't know DEC was selling Intel > PCs. Yes, the Alpha was a DEC product. My dad worked at DEC from 76 through around 92 and I worked there 88-93 as well as two summers in 84 and 85. Until Ken Olsen left and things started to fall apart, I was ready to work there my whole life. Chad
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