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]>