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Article #625367Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
From: Peter Flass
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:26
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:26
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Rich Alderson <ne...@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote: > 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". > Or ex-lax. -- Pete
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