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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:03:10 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <20250227080310.0000604d@gmail.com> References: <1smdnSjX3YoxgWf7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <1396870532.749421730.052473.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <1976765442.762208809.808387.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <20250225130315.00004e34@gmail.com> <20250225132209.00006cdd@gmail.com> <1517019530.762216070.153616.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <20250225151941.00007598@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:03:14 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a56aac0e73bcc211f19f3a3d772b4546"; logging-data="3338237"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19LUWLO8TK8czVZFvn0F/4EN47SuSunPAI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:zXAibYZ6KjBBKfPbBQzQF6BrZR4= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2453 On 26 Feb 2025 19:51:56 -0500 Rich Alderson wrote: > >>> I wonder why DEC's 18-bit range weren't more popular; though I > >>> think they had less consistency between members of the range than > >>> DEC's other product families. > > >> I suspect that, in the computer market of the early '60s, they > >> ended up as the awkward middle child ... > > Mr. Ames's suspicion is unfounded. The 18 bit systems were neither > awkward nor unsuccessful. I yield to those with firsthand knowledge - but I do wonder about their eventual abandonment (per Wikipedia, the last -15 was produced in 1979,) when both the -8 and -10 were supported well into the early '80s.