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Article #621244Re: Honeywell 516
From: Bill Findlay
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:40
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:40
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On 15 Mar 2018, Bob Eager wrote (in article <fgvl6h...@mid.individual.net>): > 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 LOL -- Bill Findlay
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X-Received: by 10.28.7.77 with SMTP id 74mr334049wmh.13.1521132014908; Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:40:14 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: alt.folklore.computers@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.28.45.136 with SMTP id t130ls1105593wmt.7.gmail; Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:40:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.28.52.142 with SMTP id b136mr735806wma.13.1521132014003; Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:40:14 -0700 (PDT) Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!a12ni0wmg.0!nntp.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay <findl...@blueyonder.co.uk> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Honeywell 516 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:40:12 +0000 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <0001HW.205AD96C0042F0617000023AD2CF@news.individual.net> References: <fgv0igF1a5vU1@mid.individual.net> <0001HW.205ACE6A00405BDC7000023AD2CF@news.individual.net> <fgvl6hF1a5vU4@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: findl...@blueyonder.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net 7cWM6hlR2dXPwVYBXPjYWQbgmW2dWivo9/xaAsQGRLgpeNF8cH X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:yFOR6NFkHPyyimhJ4AZow3bY0iI= User-Agent: Hogwasher/5.17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit