From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!shp Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Re: DEC pro-350 (when a PC is not a PC ?) Article-I.D.: ittvax.624 Posted: Mon Feb 14 13:48:22 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 06:11:50 1983 References: houxm.328 A PC (that's not a PC) is a PC when used with a VAX. The first generation DEC PC's are designed to be used with a VAX. One writes, develops, and builds on the VAX, then down loads to the PC. The PC was aimed at the commercial market where people were more interested in running a set of tools to help them do a better job than they were in hacking. It fits well into the whole office automation picture. Like most other things, taken out of context it's somewhat useless. By not having to sell software so that you can do program development the price has been kept very low. No doubt DEC will make the PC's true PC's by offering development software (if someone else doesn't first). - sam praul ...decvax!ittvax!shp