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Re: What sux about PowerMacs and Pentiums

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From: Jim Williams
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 20:31
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varney@ihgp2.ih.att.com (Al Varney) wrote:
>Jim Williams  <williams@tiac.net> wrote:
>>
>>I guess you're right.  I bet the nt source would fill a warehouse, just like
>>the OS/360 source did...  :)
>
>   I recall the OS/360 assembled source fit in a box of micro-fiche.
>Maybe that didn't include the applications, just the OS??
>
>Al Varney

I remember a filing cabinet of fiche at the 360 I worked with, but that was
the technical specs for field service -- it was also a new idea to release
them on fiche so that you could have them on-site.

Just how much paper is a box of fiche anyway?

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Subject: Re: What sux about PowerMacs and Pentiums
Date: 3 Aug 1995 20:31:54 GMT
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