Re: DEC retail stores in the 1980s

From: David J Dachtera (djesys.nospam_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/24/04

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    Lee Roth wrote:
    >
    > Speaking of retail... in the pre-PC era...
    >
    > Anyone remember the DEC retail stores? A few of these
    > stores appeared about the time that the "Super Trio" of
    > systems all appeared in the same form-factor boxes:
    >
    > The Rainbow (8088/Z80) - http://tinyurl.com/6hc4f
    > The Professional (PDP11-based) - http://tinyurl.com/4ftfn
    > DECmate II (PDP8-on-a-chip based) - http://tinyurl.com/6eksz
    >
    > I think all of the stores folded up within a year of opening-
    > how many stores were there (at max) and what cities were they
    > in?
    >
    > As I recall the stores only wanted to deal with the above
    > 3 systems and supporting accessories - if you tried to walk
    > in and buy a VT100 they turned you away.

    Yeah - selective short-sightedness has always been one of the hallmarks
    of Digital and its successors (though "success" is perhaps the wrong
    root word, and I don't have the opposite handy right now). 

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