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Article #2835Re: Transp[uters at IBM
From: George Dan Kostopoulos
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 00:23
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 00:23
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From postnews Tue Feb 20 18:51:52 1990 > I have heard that IBM has purchased more than > 40,000 transputers. Even with four Victor-256's you can only account for > a very small percentage of the 40K. Its an expensive way to make integrated > circuit jewelry...they don't make good doorstops (too low to the ground, > but the pin-grid array does do a good job of grabbing the carpet) ... > are there other uses for transputers that we don't know of? > > Steven W. Engle IBM could be using the 40k transputers it bought as thumbtacks. Or maybe a sales campain. BUY A PS/2 and get a real CPU free. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've got it bad, | My favorite fictional character is Death, got it bad, | because the only certainties in life are got it bad, | death and taxes and there is no I'm hot for preacher!!!! | incarnation for taxes! -Hester Prynne | -Doctor Death -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Internet address: drdeath@WPI.WPI.EDU
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!m2c!wpi!drdeath From: drdeath@wpi.wpi.edu (George Dan Kostopoulos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer Subject: Re: Transp[uters at IBM Summary: More IBM transputer uses Message-ID: <8773@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 21 Feb 90 00:23:01 GMT References: <[A.ISI.EDU]20-Feb-90.11:29:26.ENGLE> Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. Lines: 26