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mepian on July 4, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The first million-transistor chip: The engineers’ ...

This is the chip Windows NT (the main ancestor of today's Windows) was initially targeted for, the name NT was derived from the chip's codename N10 (or N-Ten).

ivegotnoaccount on July 4, 2022 [–]

Wait, wasn't Windows NT ("WNT") a pun on Vax MicroSystems ("VMS") à la "Windows is Better than Vax" since WNT VMS plus 1 at each letter?

That's the story In a always heard.

my123 on July 4, 2022 | | [–]

Both are true. It's a multi-level pun.

dboreham on July 5, 2022 | | [–]

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