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Article #621243Re: Honeywell 516
From: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:26
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:26
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:53:14 +0000, Bill Findlay wrote: > On 15 Mar 2018, Bob Eager wrote (in article > <fgv0ig...@mid.individual.net>): > >> OK, since it's quiet... >> >> How many people have had dealings with the Honeywell DDP-516, or >> related machines? I know one version of the 16 series was the ARPAnet >> TIPs, but I'm wondering about the ones that weren't. > > We were in the market for a mini in 197-71 and visited the local > Honeywell factory. After a tour the reps invited us to buy a DDP-516. > They were very large men, all three well over 6 feet, and they crowded > round us as we sat in their office, exuding an "offer you can't refuse" > vibe. It was at the same time transparent psychological pressure, > infuriating, and very funny. > > Needless to say, we did not buy one of their PoS computers. https://youtu.be/bNVEr-Xs6Po -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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X-Received: by 10.223.199.139 with SMTP id l11mr1024351wrg.26.1521131220084; Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:27:00 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: alt.folklore.computers@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.28.105.8 with SMTP id e8ls1073513wmc.12.canary-gmail; Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:26:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.28.52.142 with SMTP id b136mr731719wma.13.1521131219150; Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:26:59 -0700 (PDT) Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!n24ni513wmi.0!nntp.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.mixmin.net!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Honeywell 516 Date: 15 Mar 2018 16:26:57 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: <fgvl6hF1a5vU4@mid.individual.net> References: <fgv0igF1a5vU1@mid.individual.net> <0001HW.205ACE6A00405BDC7000023AD2CF@news.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net R0Xt1iSVCVrzpp/Z5QubAAs3PjxxsZTfN3iOYEzH4mCCmZxpzF Cancel-Lock: sha1:NUAF/a1N2nVfNvYtHdD2obl7L5g= User-Agent: Pan/0.141 (Tarzan's Death; 168b179 git.gnome.org/pan2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit