What is DECdatasystem?

[Allison]

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>Subject: RE: What is DECdatasystem?
>   From: "Julian Wolfe" <fireflyst at earthlink.net>
>   Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:02:48 -0500
>     To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"	<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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>So were these prebuilt systems versus built-to-configure systems?

Mostly, more like limited menu systems.  Aka if you need to do this
than buy that.

>In that case, that would make sense, just like the edusystem -8s.

Very similar. Both were packaged with some options.

Allison


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>>Subject: What is DECdatasystem?
>>   From: "Wolfe, Julian " <ISC277 at CLCILLINOIS.EDU>
>>   Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:16:07 -0500
>>     To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
><cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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>>Okay, looking over the web, I've seen several PDP11 machines marked 
>>"DECdatasystem"... They don't seem to have anything in common...it's like a
>>random marking DEC decided to put on machines.   Anyone know what it means?
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>The common thread of 'datasystem is they are bundled systems sold as
>application solutions rather than "computers".
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>It's part of DEC's history that Digital didn't sell computers, they sold
>programmed data processors.  that and quirky marketing.
>
>Allison
>Ex Digit.
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