Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA From: ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <949@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 15:57:12 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.949 Posted: Sun Jun 17 15:57:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 09:49:51 EDT Lines: 9 From: Ron NatalieActually, I think the computer manufacturers have had tghe desire to make things seem simpler by putting as few things as possible on the front of the CPUs. IBM did it, Sperry did it, most micros have done it. The idea is that they are not needed and they tend to intimidate non-hackers. DEC has been making their computers look more IBMish lately so they went that way too. -Ron