Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s

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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 07:06

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Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net> wrote:

> It may actually be the same thing, an expectation of centralized
> computers taking care of everyone, instead of a whole lot of computers.

	That is certainly the picture that appears in every science fiction
mention of computers pretty much right up until reality did something
different.

> Even in the internet age, lots of ISPs offered "unlimited" useage after a 
> while, and always fine print meaning "you can't connect all the time".

	I did when running Internet Eireann, but there was no fine print
users were welcome to dial in all day long (one user did dial in around 9am
and hung up around 5pm every work day[1]). We relied on the phone bills to
stop people being silly, it worked fine.

[1] When we noticed I rang them up and, after reassuring them that we
didn't mind them doing what they were doing, pointed out that they could
have a leased line connection for much less than the phone bill was costing
them. The answer came back that he would have to write up a business case
for capital expense to get a leased line but nobody cared about the phone
bill. A few months later they did order a leased line.

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