Do you remember Wang computers?

[dennilfloss]

Their ads were all over television programs and in magazines during the 80s. Ever used a Wang computer?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...a/en/5/5e/Wang2200.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories

 

[TallBill]

I'll take, favorite body parts for 500 Alex.

 

[Fayd]

no, but if i had, i would have been hard pressed to suppress a snicker every time i used it.

 

[nakedfrog]

Did you ever overclock your Wang?

 

[dennilfloss]

I never got near a Wang.

 

[TallBill]

Dennil, tell me something that isn't true.

 

[ivan2]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
I never got near a Wang.

never had one neither?

 

[Linflas]

Hell I remember when Exxon was selling a word processing system.

Heck I even remember writing crap like this:
//IS198CPY JOB (IS198T30500),'COPY JOB',CLASS=L,MSGCLASS=X
//COPY01 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1 DD DSN=OLDFILE,DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2 DD DSN=NEWFILE,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// SPACE=(CYL,(40,5),RLSE),
// DCB=(LRECL=115,BLKSIZE=1150)
//SYSIN DD DUMMY

 

[Pepsei]

the swedish(?) company getronics took over wang. we used to use them for our hardware trouble dispatch.

 

[dennilfloss]

Looks like TallBill is having fun timewarping.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Looks like TallBill is having fun timewarping.

Yes plz.

Edit - No one is safe

 

[techs]

I overused my Wang and it broke

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: techs
Someone sat on my Wang and it broke

Fixed

 

[darkxshade]

My Wang was very unreliable, I had to pound it to get it to work properly.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: darkxshade
My Wang was very unreliable, I had to pound it to get it to work properly.

As long as you didn't have to keep shaking it to get it to respond.

 

[OCGuy]

My wang got a Virus from connecting with another wang

 

[freegeeks]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
the swedish(?) company getronics took over wang. we used to use them for our hardware trouble dispatch.

Getronics is Dutch

 

[lxskllr]

They were a standard back in the day. Kind of like IBM and Apple. I never had one. My first computer was an Atari 800

 

[spidey07]

I thought they were big in windows terminal machines?

 

[CRXican]

i'm touching my wang
i'm touching my wang

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: CRXican
i'm touching my wang
i'm touching my wang

As long as you don't lick it.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

What is the typical up-time on a Wang server?

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha
What is the typical up-time on a Wang server?

I don't know, but if it's more than 4 hours it should seek medical attention immediately.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha
What is the typical up-time on a Wang server?

I don't know, but if it's more than 4 hours it should seek medical attention immediately.

Actually the Wang server has unlimited uptime, it is the Wang that is limited to 20 minutes or so...

 

[AreaCode707]

They were a client of ours (I worked for a headhunter) in the 90s. Changed their name to March First at some point, didn't they?