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About the oly thing you could use the "ARPAnet" for was transferring file (using FTP). Mail was a big problem because different manufactures handled mail on their machines differently, including different address format (This was before user@location.COM)
I actually used most of those computers (not the exact ones in the drawing) except for Sigma7 and IBM 360. Note the large number of PDP10 computer. Close to a "main frame", but MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE than an IBM 360.
The first VAX was a model 11/780. It was rough the size of 3 full size residential refrigerators and that did NOT include the disk drives.
I actually used most of those computers (not the exact ones in the drawing) except for Sigma7 and IBM 360. Note the large number of PDP10 computer. Close to a "main frame", but MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE than an IBM 360.
pasusan wrote:
Yep - worked on PDP-11 and VAX computers in the 80s. Those were DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) minicomputers. They were definitely not mini compared to our personal computers of today...
The first VAX was a model 11/780. It was rough the size of 3 full size residential refrigerators and that did NOT include the disk drives.
