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[tony.podrasky]

GM OM;

Yeah, - when I told Irv Hoff I was getting a Data General computer
he asked me why DGC instead of DEC.

I told him that I'm a field engineer for DGC and I 
maintain/upgrade/repair/program them.

He begged me to go DEC instead - so that we could exchange programs.
I told him that I have all the information and knowledge and parts
available (everything was TTL - so if I took a chip out of my
service collection, which cost less than a dollar, for personal use,
I didn't feel like I was stealing from the company - because using it
in a circuit I designed would lead to more than a dollar's worth of
knowledge and understanding about computer circuitry) to keep a DGC
computer running at home.

When I modified an interface to run at 45.45 Baud 5-level, I was
able to connect it to the ST-6 and then do all sorts of cool things
with it. I had multiple SELCALS running so I would watch the news, weather,
and autostart channel for things I was interested in - and it would
store it in memory separately so I could look at it when I wanted to
without scrolling thru miles of paper. Also, you could tell my RTTY
messages on the autostart channel because they were justified (like
reading a newspaper or magazine).

UE,
K2EAA - TONY
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On 08/11/2017 08:02 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote:
> Hi
>
> At that point in time (1977) there were a pretty large number of us with at least one if not
>   … errr… several DEC computers in their home.
>
> Bob
>
>> On Aug 11, 2017, at 12:40 AM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 10 Aug 2017, tony.podrasky wrote:
>>
>>> --
>>> There is no reason for any individual
>>> to have a computer in their home
>>> -Ken Olsen, President, Digital Equipment,
>>> Convention of the World Future Society, 1977
>>
>> He actually said "a computer OF THIS TYPE in their home."
>>


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