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Article #652Re: Call for discussion: comp.sys.ibm.rs6000
From: Bill Vermillion
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 1990 01:45
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 1990 01:45
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In article <18161@rpp386.cactus.org-> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
->In article <4543@pegasus.ATT.COM> psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes:
->>Also, according to either PC WEEK or INFOWORLD, "R.S." is a common
->>abbreviation in Australia for "rat feces". (Okay, "feces" doesn't
->>start with an "s"; I cleaned it up a little, okay? See the problem?-)
->
->Well, I saw a reference today to a "System/6000". I predict that
->we will soon see a transition away from the original "RS/6000" to
->something less controversial.
During the IMB presentation to a group I was in last month, I jokingly asked one
of the reps I knew about the similarity to the Radio Shack name. He said they
were always told to reference it as a "System/6000".
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Bill Vermillion - UUCP: uunet!tarpit!bilver!bill
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!ge-dab!tarpit!bilver!bill From: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Call for discussion: comp.sys.ibm.rs6000 Message-ID: <537@bilver.UUCP> Date: 21 Mar 90 01:45:40 GMT References: <5661@brazos.Rice.edu-> <18149@rpp386.cactus.org> <4543@pegasus.ATT.COM> <18161@rpp386.cactus.org> Reply-To: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion) Organization: W. J. Vermillion, Winter Park, FL Lines: 17