WalterR wrote:
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
In <1792f2.291be9b9.39b92...@aol.com>, on 09/08/2010
at 01:30 PM, Ed Finnell <efinnel...@aol.com> said:
Huh? HASP was the efforts of NASA Houston and came out as Half ASP.
Do you have a citation for that? I never saw the term before I
suggested "HASP is Half ASP" for a project button.
I worked as an operator at the the L.A. Scientific Center in Westwood
(data center on the U.C.L.A campus) when DCS was initially developed
on a 7094 with a 7040 as the support processor (before that they tried
a 1410). Art Walters was one of the leads. I recall the term "Half
ASP" used a couple of times somewhat sarcastically. I also recall
that HASP was already known as a product (Type III?) out of Houston.
This was around 1965.
Walter Rue
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On second thought, I realized a mistake in my "Half ASP" recollection.
It was a phonetic mistake, perhaps due to age. What I actually heard
was "Half-vast..." preceded by "Vast Concept", which while cute was
somewhat beyond sarcastic.
Apologies!
Walter Rue
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