Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:19:41 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: <20250225151941.00007598@gmail.com> References: <1smdnSjX3YoxgWf7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <1396870532.749421730.052473.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <1976765442.762208809.808387.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <20250225130315.00004e34@gmail.com> <20250225132209.00006cdd@gmail.com> <1517019530.762216070.153616.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:19:43 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6cc8617c265c758f2fc4ef0ea424ae7c"; logging-data="2327235"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ExQKsiHu7yFIYhVl/zBIqz1+gqeWbc2U=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:2zcZWk8eu6VsZNjkhWYwKcd9HI4= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:230080 comp.os.linux.misc:65688 On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 23:02:32 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > I wonder why DEC=E2=80=99s 18-bit range weren=E2=80=99t more popular; tho= ugh I think > they had less consistency between members of the range than DEC=E2=80=99s > other product families. I suspect that, in the computer market of the early '60s, they ended up as the awkward middle child - serious big-iron number-crunching was better served by the -10, and small labs/offices/embedded applications could get a basic computer cheaper with the -12 (and later the -11.)