no flames, please.
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
chad at shire.net
Fri Mar 11 18:57:32 PST 2005
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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