Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s

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From: Rich Alderson
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 20:58

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ma...@mail.com writes:

> On 2018-07-28, m. thompson <michael.9...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 9:57:02 AM UTC-4, Harris Newman wrote:

>>> I remember seeing a list once, so here is the list but Microsoft isn't
>>> listed...
>>> https://web.archive.org/web/20050315112357/http://starfish.rcsri.org/rcs/DECsystem/FAQ/Serial_Number_Master.pdf

>> There is a much newer serial number list here:
>> https://sites.google.com/site/mthompsonorg/Home/pdp-10/pdp-10-serial-numbers

> When was the word microsoft registered.? 

> I remember that in `Neuromancer', there was a device mentioned that one stuck
> in one's brain.

> (Oh, same difference!)

Gibson in an interview I remember from the 80s said he misunderstood what the
company was doing, and thought that the name would become a generic like
"kleenex" or "xerox".

-- 
Rich Alderson					  ne...@alderson.users.panix.com
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	  omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
									--Galen

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