no flames, please.

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

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