DEC is dead; long live DEC. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/long-gone-dec-is-still-powering-the-world-of-computing/
OTD 1959: IBM announces the 1401 "mini" computer. Announcement *video* here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKQgqkbHjVs #ComputerHistory
Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, 2023. This Brutalist hotel, opened 1965, features curved faca...
@f1c6c5c3 I seem to recall a USENIX meeting there in the 80s?
Signatures of #SunMicrosystems employees hired in the first year - until Feb. 1983. #Suntember https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/077/550/644/500/840/original/e53a393253f6a483.jpg
The #SunMicrosystems Network Disk protocol was a precursor to NFS that allowed block level access from diskless workstations to slices of servers' disks. These buttons were made to push awareness of the NFS solution - which was much easier to manage. #Suntember https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/070/034/391/398/189/original/8660883b07ef5ec5.jpeg
"Temporary" since 1982. https://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/protocol-numbers.xhtml https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/070/760/478/326/508/original/c05219ca0b89c421.png
#Suntember April 1, 1988: "Golf Course in Office" We remove a wall between Scott McNealy's and Bernie LaCroute's offices and install a par 4 dog-leg golf hole, complete with sand and water traps, putting green, and ball washer. Moving sod is back-breaking work! Last stunt I took part in. Still have the T-shirt! Raw footage of the work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HRym7e8t1k&ab_channel=TomLyon https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/052/849/834/444/397/original/583af4a4748abfb3.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/052/850/605/007/564/original/c0e01043aa21cfe1.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/052/851/241/087/007/original/a86100d8dea53dad.jpg
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