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- From: tgross@cvbnet.prime.com (Tom Gross)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
- Subject: Re: Just what is in a Apollo 9000/730?
- Message-ID: <4316@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 19:42:10 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.222325.9880@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <1992Nov14.052216.28745@alw.nih.gov>
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- Reply-To: tgross@cvbnet.prime.com (Thomas Gross x2002 5-2)
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- In article <1992Nov14.052216.28745@alw.nih.gov>, rvenable@helix.nih.gov (Richard M. Venable) writes:
- >
- > They use a RISC architecture (called PA-RISC) designed by Paul Bemis, who did
- > the Apollo DN10000 RISC processor; Convex has licensed the chip with plans to
- > build some parallel systems.
-
- And to think Paul Bemis was a product manager in marketing for Apollo
- before HP bought the company... Just goes to show that HP really
- knew what they were doing when they bought the place; they must have
- been really savvy managers to spot such a hidden talent!
-
- /tom
-