ONLY SOMETIMES... remember Varian also made scientific instruments that had computers lasted to them and probably used dec when they were not making their own mini Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/9/2015 2:46:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, b...@update.uu.se writes:
On 2015-06-09 23:15, tony duell wrote: >>> DEC was very keen on its OEM business and if the order was big enough would allow some variation in >>> colours but would not allow the dec logo to be removed or changed. > >> I’m not sure if that’s completely true. I remember a PDP11 (11/45 probably) at the University of Illinois, around > > I am pretty sure I once saw a PDP8/e which was absolutely normal internally, but where the front panel was > green (as were the switch handles) and it was badged 'Varian'. I don't remember a Digital logo on the > front anywhere. WTF? Varian was a competitor of DEC. They made minis themselves. Sounds extremely strange that one would take a DEC mini, and put a Varian badge on it. Did someone try to make a joke? Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: b...@softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
