My PhD was done in a DECstation 3100. The physics lab was a VAX environment (everyone had VTxxx terminals in their desk) but someone had bought a 3100, not figu

My PhD was done in a DECstation 3100. The physics lab was a VAX environment (everyone had VTxxx terminals in their desk) but someone had bought a 3100, not figured out how to use it, and it was sitting in a corner - normally switched off. I managed to persuade them I could put it to use when I joined the group, and about 6 months later everyone else in the group had Unix workstations too… we named them all after asterix characters, mine was getafix.