From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:58:45 -0800 (PST)
To: Dale Thorn <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The Science Generations
Message-ID: <199612061858.KAA22343@netcom7.netcom.com>
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At  1:12 AM 12/6/96 -0800, Dale Thorn wrote:
>I would guess that those who became and remained successful technically
>(as opposed to becoming "business people") were using HP computers and
>such in the 1970s.  I for one was a heavy user then, and PETs, Apples,
>Radio Shack, etc. computers weren't reliable enough for serious work.

I guess those people using VisiCalc on the Apple ][ weren't doing serious
work :-).  (Also the many small businesses using these early machines for
AR, Accounting etc.)  Me, I was doing OS programming on IBM 370s.


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