[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-07-28, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 7/28/2021 5:45 AM, chris wrote:
>>
>> That's a rather biased, one sided view. I was using tcp/ip in the late
>> 1980's
>
> Well, there is your problem.  In the late 1970s DECnet was a working 
> product.  As I remember, not so for TCP/IP.  I'd perhaps suggest that 
> you need to be a bit older, but, it's no fun, won't wish that on someone.
>

2780 (and 3780) existed before that. What's your point ? :-)

Oh, and IBM beat DEC by several years with SNA, but you don't see
that in general use either. :-)

Simon.

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