Thinking about acquiring PDP stuff

Al Kossow aek at bitsavers.org
Wed Nov 30 12:03:12 CST 2016



On 11/30/16 9:45 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:

> For me it is really about the learning experience. And boy is there much to 
> learn. It's very interesting to see what is different and was is similar 
> between various operating systems and architectures (and decades).
> 
> Learning the history makes you appreciate what you have and understand why 
> some things are the way they are. Deaign decisions made 30-40 years ago 
> that affect your every day life.

And thanks to the web, the primary sources are getting spread internationally.
It isn't something that was even thought about being taught in school at any deep level
until VERY recently.

What you're learnin' here ain't gettin' taught in school.





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