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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>. When mainframes first entered the halls of academe, I'm sure the same sort of discussions arose. Heck, it's why computers like the PDP-8 were invented.<br><br>Jim<br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Just let me correct you there. Surely PDP-8s were calculators or Data Processing whatchamacallits,</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">and emphatically NOT Computer Systems.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote">(A history lesson is called for here - I cannot remember the exact terminology which allowed PDPs to be sold to individual labs and departments)</div>
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