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From: J. Clarke
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:57

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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:23:46 -0000 (UTC), Gordon Henderson
<gordon...@drogon.net> wrote:

>In article <TQAbC.82275$Os2.30629@fx01.am4>,
>AndyW  <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
>>If anyone out there has ever used a Pr1me minicomputer and fancies a bit 
>>of nostalgia then there is a telnet emulator you can play with.
>
>I used Primes when a student & working at uni.
>
>>http://www.andrewpetermarlow.co.uk/personal/prime.html
>
>Oddly enough I have absoltuely no interest in connecting in to one
>ever again as long as I live. I have no feelings other than hatred
>towards them. This is possibly (probably) due to the politics
>and people surrounding them at the establishment I worked for.

I remember a local school district paid something like 30,000 bucks
for a 386 machine from Prime.  IMO they were robbed.

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