On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 13:31:27 -0500, Kirk Talman wrote: >$)C1 - PDP stood for personal data processor. The PDP-1 was advertised w/a >teddy bear which I believe was delivered with it. So it depends how big >your desk was. > "Programmed Data Processor", I heard at MIT circa 1962.
>2 - In the 1960s @ Oak Ridge it was common to order equipment, including >computers, by adding parts of the product specs into the bid requirements. > I can top that. I was once hired for a state job under civil service where the job announcement was practically a paraphrase of my résumé. I knew the person who was to be my lead; I didn't ask questions. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
