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So what's the correct spelling? Both ''Dealers of Lightning'' and ''Fumbling the Future'' use 'MAXC', but I note that [https://github.com/PDP-10/maxc/blob/master/pdf/the_maxc_systems.pdf The Maxc Systems] and [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/maxc/MAXC_Operations_May74.pdf Maxc Operations] - both written by insiders - use 'Maxc'. I think I'd go with the insiders (shades of 'Internet' vs. 'internet'). [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:53, 21 October 2021 (CEST) | So what's the correct spelling? Both ''Dealers of Lightning'' and ''Fumbling the Future'' use 'MAXC', but I note that [https://github.com/PDP-10/maxc/blob/master/pdf/the_maxc_systems.pdf The Maxc Systems] and [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/maxc/MAXC_Operations_May74.pdf Maxc Operations] - both written by insiders - use 'Maxc'. I think I'd go with the insiders (shades of 'Internet' vs. 'internet'). [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:53, 21 October 2021 (CEST) | ||
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| + | : Two other documents on Bitsavers say "MAXC". I have no perference. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 18:45, 21 October 2021 (CEST) | ||
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Correct spelling?
So what's the correct spelling? Both Dealers of Lightning and Fumbling the Future use 'MAXC', but I note that The Maxc Systems and Maxc Operations - both written by insiders - use 'Maxc'. I think I'd go with the insiders (shades of 'Internet' vs. 'internet'). Jnc (talk) 17:53, 21 October 2021 (CEST)
- Two other documents on Bitsavers say "MAXC". I have no perference. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 18:45, 21 October 2021 (CEST)
