On 1-Sep-2005, "Max Hauser" > wrote:

> "Phred" in :

<snipped this time>

>
> [If anyone is interested or forgot, PDP = Programmed Data Processor, VAX =
> Virtual Address eXtension, DEC = Digital Equipment Corporation.]
>
> So DEC was a parent of modern computers. Sort of like Steve Upstill and
> Brian Reid were parents of food on the Internet. Steve for starting this
> newsgroup in 1982, Brian for promoting recipes and other things a few years
> later.
>
> Cheers -- Max.

Oh, I forgot. DEC published the first (I think) graphical environment interface
(GEM). While it was Zerox that actually pioneered the graphical interface,
it was DEC that first made it public, but even they never pushed it enough
to gain wide acceptance. It took Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to push computer
graphics into the 21st Century.
--
The Brick said that (Who worked with Word Processing Computers before they
were considered to be computers.)

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