Re: interesting take on Olsen's "no reason for any individual tohave a computer in his home"

From: DL Phillips (whohe_at_whoever.com)
Date: 11/24/04

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    kaplow_r@encompasserve.org.TRABoD (Bob Kaplow) wrote in message news:<iOOP5WXuxe3+@eisner.encompasserve.org>...
    > In article <QIqdnYD7HMNf4zncRVn-2Q@rcn.net>, jmfbahciv@aol.com writes:
    > > NT was tied up in knots because of the deal made with Gates. Palmer
    > > did that deal. Since Palmer did it the year could never have been
    > > before 1987. 1987 was the last time I worked and Olsen was still
    > > CEO. When Palmer got hired, the quality of software and documentation
    > > that was DEC's reputation got dismissed as an "Olsen thing" and thus
    > > should be destroyed.
    >
    > Palmer didn't take over until after I was downsized in late 1991. Perhaps
    > some time in 1992.
    >
    > I don't even think NT was around in the 80s...
    >

    Indeed. I was recently rummaging through an old file cabinet in the
    back room and found a DECdirect Personal Computing Integration
    Software & Hardware Catalog from April-June 1991. The Operating system
    choices then were:

     -MS-DOS V3.3 - $130.00
     -MS-DOS V4.0 - $150.00
     -OS/2 V1.1 - $340.00
     -OS/2 V1.2 - $370.00

    Here's DEC's top-of-the-line PC package:

    DECstation 425c, 25 mhz 80486, 8MB mem, 320 MB SCSI drive & adapt,
    101-keyboard, 16 bit SVGA adapt, color monitor, OS/2 v1.1....

    All for only... $10,475.00

    Wow.

     Doug

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