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Article #625109Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
From: JimP
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 21:02
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 21:02
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On 28 Jul 2018 18:09:23 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote: >On 2018-07-28, 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. >> > >My point exactly. I think that more recently, although Gibson is a very good writer, >he knows little about computers. I read somewhere that he was very disappointed with >the first Mac's. Same for a number of near future sf games. I remember back in 1991 or 1992, we were chatting about the future capabilities of computers. We decided that no home computyer would ever have a CPU that ran at 1 GHz or better, nor have a gigabyte of ram. We were wrong. It was on the I-Amiga listserve list.
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