[HECnet] Re: Bard writes a song about DECnet

Courtesy of Bing Search... Here is a song about a PDP11 to the tune of Under the Sea from the Little Mermaid. I hope you like it.?? The PDP11 is a computer That was made in the 70s It had 16-bit words and memory And ran Unix and assembly It was used for many applications From research to education It was one of the first minicomputers And inspired many successors The PDP The PDP Oh how I love this machine It's so elegant and clean The PDP It had many models and features Like floating point and serial ports It supported multiprocessing And had a modular design It was popular and influential In the history of computing It was one of the first to use C language And influenced the internet age The PDP The PDP Oh how I admire this device It's so powerful and precise The PDP Nowadays it's obsolete But it still has a legacy You can find it in museums Or emulate it on your PC It's a part of our culture And our technological heritage It's a symbol of innovation And engineering excellence The PDP The PDP Oh how I cherish this machine It's so classic and pristine The PDP On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 at 15:43, Robert Armstrong <bob(a)jfcl.com> wrote: -- Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: "The Future Begins Tomorrow" Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net -------- "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." -- Jonathan Swift