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The TI 990/10 DX 10 minicomputer was exactly the same. The teacher at my old school actually picked the TI990/10 over the PDP/11 because the PDP11 did not have "true descenders". The 990 didn't either but avoided the problem by having miniature capitals for lowercase.

He was a strange guy. Long since departed.



additional: His name was Billy Boyd. And he pronounced it: "TWOO descenders"




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