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Oh, this was the mid-80's and the Vaxen were still around, being replaced by stuff from WANG and Tandem .. but that line printer was sacred for some reason, it
by boffinAudio 4y ago
Oh, this was the mid-80's and the Vaxen were still around, being replaced by stuff from WANG and Tandem .. but that line printer was sacred for some reason, it stayed in operation (after repair) until the late 90's ..
- zabzonk 4y agoactually, in most places wang got replaced by vax and later by pcs.
- boffinAudio 4y agoNot in my experience. :P
- zabzonk 4y agowang went bankrupt in 1992, while the vax line soldiered on for another 10 years or so. anyone that replaced a vax with a wang misread the market badly, particularly with the introduction of pc wordprocessors.
- benj111 4y agoWhat is the collective term for a group of Wangs? Is it Wangers? A wank? Management? Parliament/senate?
- boffinAudio 4y agoWe used to say "wangen", as in "hey wangers, did you shut down the wangen?", which was properly used a source of much mirth for a few years ..