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Article #625107Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:17
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:17
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Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > On 28 Jul 2018 15:47:53 GMT > ma...@mail.com wrote: > >> When was the word microsoft registered.? > > Mid 1970s. > >> I remember that in `Neuromancer', there was a device mentioned that one >> stuck in one's brain. > > Neuromancer was published in 1984 so Microsoft had been around for > some time then > >> (Oh, same difference!) > > I recall thinking when I read it that there was no way I'd connect > anything from Microsoft to my brain. > Gives "blue screen of death" a whole new meaning, doesn't it? ;-) -- Pete
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