Subject: Off the shelf computer sales.

From: jones@pyrite (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 22:07:03 GMT

I was going through old issues of CACM, and I found an interesting tidbit
in the Oct 1967 issue, page 679.

It said that, DEC had taken the unusual step of offering the PDP-8/S for
off the shelf delivery.

So, was this the first computer offered for sale "off the shelf", which
is to say, the first computer where the manufacturer deliberately built
up an inventory so that they could ship machines as soon as orders came
in?
					Doug Jones
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From: [email-masked]
Date: 10 Sep 93 09:46:51 MDT

> up an inventory so that they could ship machines as soon as orders came

Are you sure that buildup of inventory on the PDP-8/Slow was deliberate?

:-) :-) :-)

Roger "Never used one, so I have no first-hand knowledge" Ivie
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