[Info-vax] New VSI Roadmap (yipee!)

[David Froble]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> David Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
>>>> I can't imagine ever using floating point in a new money handling
>>>> application these days given all the other options available.
>>> It was *never* acceptable!
>>>
>> Even when there was no other options?
> 
> There have always been other options.
> 
> This is one of the things we learned in my first Fortran class...
> --scott
> 

Ok, in 1974, what were the affordable options.  For small companies, a 
multi-million dollar IBM system was not feasible.  A quarter million 
dollar PDP-11 system was one of the better options.