[HECnet] VMS question

[Dave McGuire]

On 08/10/2015 11:10 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> And Update used to have a DEC 7000 as well. It went in the dumpster many
>>> years ago now. :-(
>>
>>    Well THAT was dumb.  I hope someone got nicely beaten up for doing
>> that.
> 
> If you only knew all the stuff that we've had to throw over the years.
> None of it lightly, but we just do not have enough room to save
> everything that we've collected over the years.
> It all saddens me, but at the same time, I can't see that we could have
> done anything differently.

  Ugh, I'm sorry you had to face that situation.  I don't know what I'd
do aside from go get drunk.

> When choosing between what to keep and what
> to throw, a DEC 7000 is pretty low on the list. It's basically the first
> generation Alpha. There are way sexier Alphas to be found.

  Hmm, maybe.  But those LSB machines are pretty cool.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA