Re: Longtime VMS system manager/programmer available

Arne Vajhøj wrote:

Bob Koehler wrote:

In article <Dr2dnaQbcohGRZnVnZ2dnUVZ_vzinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Bob Koehler wrote:

In article <SridnbM2_blYOJ7VnZ2dnUVZ8tWvnZ2d@plusnet>, "John Wallace" <johnwallace4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

There were PCs in DEC after the Rainbow, and I don't mean the European
DECivetti stuff.

I only recall DEC reselling laptops from Olivetti. But I do recall
DEC reselling desktops from Tandy.

ISTR that there was some sort of "Pizza Box" that came after the Rainbow.


IIRC, after the Rainbow DEC tried making IBM compatable PCs in house
and lost its shirt. So they resold other manufacturer's PCs for a
while. I don't recall if they ever tried making thier own again
before Compaq bought DEC.


I think they did.

Venturis, Celebris and Prioris were real Digital PC's.

And good quality also if you ask me.

Arne



Yep. I had a Venturis 166 that ran from 1996/7 through early 2008; first
on my DEC desk, then in my home office. In my home, that DEC PC was the
quietest and most stable (fewest reboots) of my 8 PCs, in spite of 24x7
use and 6(!) DIMMs. {Trivia: 6 DIMMs totalled 112 MB; 2x32 + 2x16 + 2x8.}
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Cheers, Bob
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