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AD00000333
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 | | 01/13/2006 3:31 AM |
| I remember those. That was my last year at U of L and they announced
that the next year all engineering students would be required to buy a
rainbow. The cost was to be spread over 4 years of tuition. Fortunately,
the rainbow proved itself an instant flop and U of L dropped that plan.
If memory serves, they did run MSDOS, but they didn't have a pc
compatible BIOS so that while they gave the impression that they were PC
compatible, in reality they wouldn't run anything that required BIOS
calls (which was 99% of the software out there). We used a lot of HP 150
touch screens, and they were the same way.
Also, you had to buy pre-formatted floppies from DEC - you couldn't
format your own. At least until someone leaked the formatting utilities.
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kat Collins
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:18 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
Anyone remember the Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal
computer. Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own
proprietary DEC-OS and was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps. It
died a year or two later, but the marketing stickers held up for about
10 years!! I had one stuck to my daughter's mirror and damned if I
could get it off!!
And the DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!!
On 1/11/06, joe wrote:
> Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the
> average bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are
> more well rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm.
>
> The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E
> Monitor Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on
> the internals so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote
> the original Trek too so if your system was still up after poking
> around in the internals you could play a video game on your DecWriter
or VT52.
>
> I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and
> Win31 on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or
> so people in the panel interview started asking me questions about the
> equipment the job was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I
> couldn't answer any of the questions so they saw DEC on my resume and
> started asking DEC questions and a couple of hours later we were all
> laughing and I had my choice of the three open positions they had even
though I knew nothing about any of them.
> :)
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
> McGlinchey
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM
> To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
>
> My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC,
> Digital Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in
> the 90's and the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing
enough money.
> This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were
> against them so they kept their money in their pockets where it
> belonged and 2) the ones that did play were pretty good at it and were
winning too much.
>
> I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me
instead.
> Have a good conference.
>
> John McGlinchey
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thommes,
> > Michael M.
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM
> > To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
> >
> > I think you are going to find the same at Green Valley -
> > http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/gaming/index.html
> >
> > Leave your car and house titles at home!
>
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| josemedeiros
Posts:0
| | 01/13/2006 4:22 AM |
| No.. But I was only 18 then. I do remember the Atari Rainbow that I had on
my Atari 800 PC.
http://www.atarimuseum.com/
Jose :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat Collins"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
Anyone remember the Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal
computer. Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own
proprietary DEC-OS and was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps. It
died a year or two later, but the marketing stickers held up for about
10 years!! I had one stuck to my daughter's mirror and damned if I
could get it off!!
And the DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!!
On 1/11/06, joe wrote:
Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the average
bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are more well
rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm.
The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E Monitor
Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on the
internals
so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote the original Trek
too
so if your system was still up after poking around in the internals you
could play a video game on your DecWriter or VT52.
I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and
Win31
on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or so people
in
the panel interview started asking me questions about the equipment the
job
was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I couldn't answer any of the
questions so they saw DEC on my resume and started asking DEC questions
and
a couple of hours later we were all laughing and I had my choice of the
three open positions they had even though I knew nothing about any of
them.
:)
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McGlinchey
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC,
Digital
Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in the 90's
and
the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing enough money.
This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were against
them so they kept their money in their pockets where it belonged and 2)
the
ones that did play were pretty good at it and were winning too much.
I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me instead.
Have a good conference.
John McGlinchey
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| CreamerM@xxxx.yyy
| | 01/13/2006 5:05 AM |
| There's one on eBay right now.
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken
Cornetet
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:01 AM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
I remember those. That was my last year at U of L and they announced
that the next year all engineering students would be required to buy a
rainbow. The cost was to be spread over 4 years of tuition. Fortunately,
the rainbow proved itself an instant flop and U of L dropped that plan.
If memory serves, they did run MSDOS, but they didn't have a pc
compatible BIOS so that while they gave the impression that they were PC
compatible, in reality they wouldn't run anything that required BIOS
calls (which was 99% of the software out there). We used a lot of HP 150
touch screens, and they were the same way.
Also, you had to buy pre-formatted floppies from DEC - you couldn't
format your own. At least until someone leaked the formatting utilities.
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kat Collins
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:18 PM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
Anyone remember the Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal
computer. Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own
proprietary DEC-OS and was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps. It
died a year or two later, but the marketing stickers held up for about
10 years!! I had one stuck to my daughter's mirror and damned if I
could get it off!!
And the DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!!
On 1/11/06, joe wrote:
> Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the
> average bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are
> more well rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm.
>
> The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E
> Monitor Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on
> the internals so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote
> the original Trek too so if your system was still up after poking
> around in the internals you could play a video game on your DecWriter
or VT52.
>
> I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and
> Win31 on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or
> so people in the panel interview started asking me questions about the
> equipment the job was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I
> couldn't answer any of the questions so they saw DEC on my resume and
> started asking DEC questions and a couple of hours later we were all
> laughing and I had my choice of the three open positions they had even
though I knew nothing about any of them.
> :)
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
> McGlinchey
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM
> To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
>
> My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC,
> Digital Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in
> the 90's and the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing
enough money.
> This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were
> against them so they kept their money in their pockets where it
> belonged and 2) the ones that did play were pretty good at it and were
winning too much.
>
> I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me
instead.
> Have a good conference.
>
> John McGlinchey
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thommes,
> > Michael M.
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM
> > To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
> >
> > I think you are going to find the same at Green Valley -
> > http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/gaming/index.html
> >
> > Leave your car and house titles at home!
>
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| messagelady
Posts:2
| | 01/13/2006 7:15 AM |
| Ok - you need to just pipe down, youngster!! ;-)
On 1/12/06, Jose Medeiros wrote:
> No.. But I was only 18 then. I do remember the Atari Rainbow that I had on
> my Atari 800 PC.
> http://www.atarimuseum.com/
>
> Jose :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kat Collins"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
>
>
> Anyone remember the Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal
> computer. Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own
> proprietary DEC-OS and was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps. It
> died a year or two later, but the marketing stickers held up for about
> 10 years!! I had one stuck to my daughter's mirror and damned if I
> could get it off!!
>
> And the DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!!
>
> On 1/11/06, joe wrote:
> > Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the average
> > bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are more well
> > rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm.
> >
> > The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E Monitor
> > Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on the
> > internals
> > so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote the original Trek
> > too
> > so if your system was still up after poking around in the internals you
> > could play a video game on your DecWriter or VT52.
> >
> > I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and
> > Win31
> > on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or so people
> > in
> > the panel interview started asking me questions about the equipment the
> > job
> > was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I couldn't answer any of the
> > questions so they saw DEC on my resume and started asking DEC questions
> > and
> > a couple of hours later we were all laughing and I had my choice of the
> > three open positions they had even though I knew nothing about any of
> > them.
> > :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McGlinchey
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM
> > To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
> >
> > My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC,
> > Digital
> > Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in the 90's
> > and
> > the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing enough money.
> > This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were against
> > them so they kept their money in their pockets where it belonged and 2)
> > the
> > ones that did play were pretty good at it and were winning too much.
> >
> > I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me instead.
> > Have a good conference.
> >
> > John McGlinchey
> >
>
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| messagelady
Posts:2
| | 01/13/2006 9:11 AM |
| Even Paul Allen liked DEC! He has started a new website expounding -
here's the article:
http://www.acmqueue.com.nyud.net:8090/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=353&page=1
or
http://tinyurl.com/bray2
On 1/13/06, Ken Cornetet wrote:
> I remember those. That was my last year at U of L and they announced
> that the next year all engineering students would be required to buy a
> rainbow. The cost was to be spread over 4 years of tuition. Fortunately,
> the rainbow proved itself an instant flop and U of L dropped that plan.
>
> If memory serves, they did run MSDOS, but they didn't have a pc
> compatible BIOS so that while they gave the impression that they were PC
> compatible, in reality they wouldn't run anything that required BIOS
> calls (which was 99% of the software out there). We used a lot of HP 150
> touch screens, and they were the same way.
>
> Also, you had to buy pre-formatted floppies from DEC - you couldn't
> format your own. At least until someone leaked the formatting utilities.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kat Collins
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:18 PM
> To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
>
> Anyone remember the Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal
> computer. Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own
> proprietary DEC-OS and was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps. It
> died a year or two later, but the marketing stickers held up for about
> 10 years!! I had one stuck to my daughter's mirror and damned if I
> could get it off!!
>
> And the DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!!
>
> On 1/11/06, joe wrote:
> > Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the
> > average bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are
> > more well rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm.
> >
> > The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E
> > Monitor Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on
> > the internals so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote
> > the original Trek too so if your system was still up after poking
> > around in the internals you could play a video game on your DecWriter
> or VT52.
> >
> > I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and
>
> > Win31 on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or
> > so people in the panel interview started asking me questions about the
>
> > equipment the job was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I
> > couldn't answer any of the questions so they saw DEC on my resume and
> > started asking DEC questions and a couple of hours later we were all
> > laughing and I had my choice of the three open positions they had even
> though I knew nothing about any of them.
> > :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
> > McGlinchey
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM
> > To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
> >
> > My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC,
> > Digital Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in
>
> > the 90's and the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing
> enough money.
> > This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were
> > against them so they kept their money in their pockets where it
> > belonged and 2) the ones that did play were pretty good at it and were
> winning too much.
> >
> > I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me
> instead.
> > Have a good conference.
> >
> > John McGlinchey
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thommes,
> > > Michael M.
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM
> > > To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
> > >
> > > I think you are going to find the same at Green Valley -
> > > http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/gaming/index.html
> > >
> > > Leave your car and house titles at home!
> >
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>
>
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