Tony Wachs TW stories wanted 1287

Barb, I'm talking about a time before you even joined DEC. Before there even WAS a KI10. The CTY actually plugged into a port on the front of the KA10 console bay, the one that usually contained the low numbered DECtape drives. DTA0: and DTA1: (at least) were within easy reach from this CTY.

Exactly, I followed Rich Krasin (former PDP-10 Monitor Group Manager) to First Data in 1974. They offered me more money than I would have probably made at DEC in the next two or three salary reviews, the princely sum of $20,000.00 per annum. How could I say no?

BTW, this was not the First Data of today. That FDC was acquired by ADP in late 1976 and folded into the Network Services Division, along with the old Cyphernetics (Ann Arbor), Time Sharing Ltd. (London), and Delos Computer Services (Princeton). The name went to the present First Data when ADP spun off one of their divisions to create that company.

Actually, TW did. I told him about my disappointment over the way it had been implemented and he actually made the changes. I was no longer at DEC and had little influence in the continuing implementation of TOPS-10. ;-)

Since I mention TW here, I've copied Laura Wachs via email. Laura, say hello to your mom for me. Actually I think I remember you as a little kid, when your family still lived in Holliston. Don't you have (at least) a sister? Try as I might, I can't recall her name. :-)