On Mon, 20 May 1996 11:30:01 +0000 Larry Boyd said:
>On 17 May 96 at 17:41, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>
>> Sorry to disagree here, but the HP 1000 is NOT the original reason for
>> Interex. As a matter of fact, the users group started up as the HP3000
>> International Users Group way back in the 70s.
I hold in my lap a copy of "Proceedings of HP 3000 Users 1977" subtitled
HP 3000 Users Group 1866 International Meeting; Issaquah, WA, Sept 26-30.
The 1978 Denver proceedings proclaim the "HP General Systems Users Group".
>Didn't we change the name to Interex in 1984, and joined the 1000 group
>at the same time?
HPIUG lasted until at least 1985 (Amsterdam conference billed that way).
Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>