So Linux isn't ready for the desktop yet, eh? (fwd)

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I'm not sure if the PDP8 was used as a word processor. It was certainly 
capable. It had a time sharing OS.
I can definitely mention that the PDP8 was used as the point of sale 
computer for most Burger King stores in the early '70s. The PDP8 was rather 
elterly when the IBM PC came out. The PDP11 would have been a much better 
candidate in the late '70s. Also, in the late '70s there were a lot of 
proprietary word processors. The IBM PC gained control over the word 
processor market when decent word processor software started to come out in 
the '80s.
Kyle Plummer wrote:
> Say Jerry, wasn't the DEC PDP 8 (the Robin I think it was called) used
> for word processing for the IBM PC went to market???
> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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