Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 23:58:56 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How did the MSFT monopoly start? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010808235726.0444bba0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0108090035270.58215-100000@shell-2.enterac t.com> References: <20010809130711.I73579@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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At 11:40 PM 8/8/2001, David Scheidt wrote: >:> I don't recall the model numbers on the IBM machines at all. Could the >:> 5100 have been the lab machine mentioned above? >: >:I don't think so. It was billed as a personal computer. I saw one >:once in the late 70's: we were an IBM shop at the time, and they tried >:to sell one to us, in vain. IIRC it was an integrated box, keyboard, >:monitor and CPU, not expandable. > >I think this was the IBM 9000? It was the 5100. Yes, it was all in a single case. And it ran APL. I played with one as an undergrad at Case Tech. Few people knew APL, so the system mostly sat idle. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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