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Article #4Re: FAQ for this group
From: John G Dobnick
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 18:35
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 18:35
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From article <1992Aug6.173957.14412@grouper.mkt.csd.harris.com>, by wdh@grouper.mkt.csd.harris.com (W. David Higgins):
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>
> comp.sys.tahoe was created as a discussion group for CCI's 'Tahoe'
> machine (a.k.a. CCI Power 6/32, Unisys 6000, Harris HCX-7, etc.).
^^^^
7000, is you please. The
Unisys 6000/xx is a Motorola 68K based machine (if memory serves).
Definitely _not_ a "tahoe" though.
> It's a mostly dead parrot these days. The Tahoe was designed in
> the mid 80's, and could be described as a semi-RISC'ed VAX. It
> was fast for its time -- around 8x to 10x a 11/780.
>
> I hope I haven't stepped on anybody's toes with the preceeding brief
> description.
"Dead parrot" (Norwegian Blue, right? :-) ) about says it all. If anyone
wants to buy one, I know where they can get one "immediately".
--
John G Dobnick (former tahoe user) ATTnet: (414) 229-5727
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.tahoe Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!jgd From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) Subject: Re: FAQ for this group Message-ID: <1992Aug7.183536.15821@uwm.edu> Originator: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Sender: news@uwm.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee References: <1992Aug6.173957.14412@grouper.mkt.csd.harris.com> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 18:35:36 GMT Lines: 27