18 Dec
2006
18 Dec
'06
11:38 a.m.
Richard wrote:
Well it was my first computing experience, so I'm
pretty sure it was a
3000. But given two old timers from my first computing group both
said it was a 2000, now I'm on a hunt for documents that will say
definitively :-). Until then its my memory vs. their memory.
You had to type something to log in, right? How'd it start?
"HEL-" (2000)
"HELLO-" (2000)
"HELLO " (3000)
I remember that on the HP we all used a
"demo" account. I can't
remember if the accounts on the HP were numeric or alphanumeric.
HP2000 would be a letter followed by three digits, e.g. H999.
HP3000 would be (at minimum) two labels, "user" and "account", of one
to eight characters each separated by a period. Could also have a
"session name" label in front followed by a comma, and/or a "group"
label at the end prefixed by a comma.) First character of each label
would be alphabetic, second and later characters alphanumeric.
-Frank McConnell