Xref: utzoo comp.sys.cbm:5314 alt.folklore.computers:6457 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!scotty.dccs.upenn.edu!kehoe From: kehoe@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Brendan Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Is it really worth it? Message-ID: <31760@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 25 Oct 90 18:50:21 GMT References: Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: kehoe@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Brendan Kehoe) Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers Distribution: na Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 16 Frank Prindle writes: > A simple example: just before the introduction of the C64, >the most inexpensive VT100 compatible terminal would set you back $1000-$2000! Hehe, just a few weeks ago we were cleaning out the old file cabinets, and we came across the original purchase request for the Vax 11/750 w/ other equipment that our school made back in 1983. The 11/750, with nothing but the CPU, cost over $80000 .. ONE vt102 cost over $1200. Man, oh man. Now it's a prop for a bookshelf. -- Brendan Kehoe | Soon: brendan@cs.widener.edu [ Sometime this week ... pray! ] For now: kehoe@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu | Also: brendan.kehoe@cyber.widener.edu "It's a distinctly non-trivial task to decompile a stripped, encrypted binary into something that can be understood." - Keith Bostic, on the Internet worm