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Re: What is a Mainframe?

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From: Les Milash
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1989 21:56
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In article <5076@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <279@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM>, kleonard@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM (Ken Leonard) writes:
>> and then all I have to do is remember that a bang-sign imbedded in the middle
>> of an address string is _still_ taken as a -history- reference by the shell...
>Now that's the first valid gripe I've even seen.
that's why the Unicad band is called BACK SLASH BANG.
we're currently about as "good" as the Unicad softball team was;
their record last summer was
FLOATING POINT EXCEPTION: underflow (core dumped)
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From: les@unicads.UUCP (Les Milash)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What is a Mainframe?
Keywords: micro mini main
Message-ID: <581@unicads.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 89 21:56:15 GMT
References: <125@inmos.co.uk> <1642@brwa.inmos.co.uk> <550@stca77.stc.oz> <279@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> <5076@ficc.uu.net>
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