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Article #12801Re: Architecture upgrade
From: Amos Shapir
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1986 08:01
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1986 08:01
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In article <166@pembina.alberta.UUCP> bjorn@alberta.UUCP (Bjorn R. Bjornsson) writes: >It's easy to imagine that DEC would have been at least a year >later in introducing the VAX without compatibility mode. Makes >you wonder what the world would look like today, if that had >been the case. This is *exactly* what I meant by 'brilliance'! There were many projects that were so advanced they came out years too late because it took too long to write the software for them. The brilliant idea was: 'let's not wait for native VAX software, PDP11 software should be just fine for the introduction phase'. It *is* a success, and you can't argue with that. (Disclaimer: I do not, and never did, work for DEC). -- Amos Shapir National Semiconductor (Israel) 6 Maskit st. P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel (011-972) 52-522261 amos%nsta@nsc 34.48'E 32.10'N
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!nsc!nsta!instable!amos From: amos@instable.UUCP (Amos Shapir) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Architecture upgrade Message-ID: <657@instable.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Dec-86 03:01:51 EST Article-I.D.: instable.657 Posted: Wed Dec 24 03:01:51 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 26-Dec-86 21:35:35 EST References: <112@bnr-vpa.UUCP> <9200002@rmi.UUCP> <193@drilex.UUCP> <653@instable.UUCP> <166@pembina.alberta.UUCP> Reply-To: amos%nsta@nsc (Amos Shapir) Organization: National Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd. Lines: 17