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Re: Will P5 System Prices Drop Soon?

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From: Mike Donnellan
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 00:00
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noah@indirect.com (Noah Monsey) wrote:

>Philip Mumford <mumford@mango> wrote:

>> In article <48blp5$b5p@express.ior.com> "Lance M Hillier, Sr" <lhillier@on-ramp.ior.com> writes:
>> 
>> I wonder if there are any ongoing military projects which were designed using
>> 486, 386 or even 286 processors? 

Dunno if it's strictly military by your standards, but the space 
station  specs reportedly include 386SX-based computers to support
many functions, according to a recent article in IEEE Spectrum (I 
believe it was, at any rate if my memory isn't failing any more than 
usual; magazine already thrown out).  See the issue featuring 
"megaprojects."

--Mike Donnellan
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From: md@mindspring.com (Mike Donnellan)
Subject: Re: Will P5 System Prices Drop Soon?
Date: 1995/11/20
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