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Re:The Terminal Escape Sequences Ocean Is Deep and Dark by boffinAudio on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:21AM (#34425855)
Oh, this was the mid-80's and the Vaxen were still around, being replaced by stuff from WANG and Tandem .. but that line printer was sacred for some reason, it stayed in operation (after repair) until the late 90's ..
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Re:The Terminal Escape Sequences Ocean Is Deep and Dark by zabzonk on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:43AM (#34426008)
actually, in most places wang got replaced by vax and later by pcs.
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Re:The Terminal Escape Sequences Ocean Is Deep and Dark by boffinAudio on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:17AM (#34426819)
Not in my experience. :P
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Re:The Terminal Escape Sequences Ocean Is Deep and Dark by zabzonk on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @11:10AM (#34428515)
wang went bankrupt in 1992, while the vax line soldiered on for another 10 years or so. anyone that replaced a vax with a wang misread the market badly, particularly with the introduction of pc wordprocessors.
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Re:The Terminal Escape Sequences Ocean Is Deep and Dark by benj111 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:32AM (#34426392)
What is the collective term for a group of Wangs?

Is it Wangers? A wank? Management? Parliament/senate?

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Re:The Terminal Escape Sequences Ocean Is Deep and Dark by boffinAudio on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:18AM (#34426831)
We used to say "wangen", as in "hey wangers, did you shut down the wangen?", which was properly used a source of much mirth for a few years ..
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