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Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963)

44 points · 23 comments · mooreds

  1. bediger4000 · · focus · HN ↗
    I used CDC computers 1986-92. They sucked, and CDC employees could not comprehend that they sucked. They had convinced themselves that their alternate universe was real.
    1. kjs3 · · focus · HN ↗
      What...you didn't like NOS/VE?

      The 180/990 and the 205 were a pretty good FORTRAN vector machines if that was the problem you wanted to solve; the compiler was quite good. The other 170/180s were...for everything else...not so much. That boat had sailed.

      1. bediger4000 · · focus · HN ↗
        Very few NOS/VE haters, because very few ever used it. A dog with fleas.
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