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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!ukma!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!grr
  2. From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.railroad
  4. Subject: Re: New York World's Fair Monorail
  5. Message-ID: <38756@cbmvax.commodore.com>
  6. Date: 24 Jan 93 02:34:17 GMT
  7. References: <16B5CF000.M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org> <1993Jan21.030226.718@walter.cray.com> <16B5DB012.M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org> <1993Jan22.042337.3361@walter.cray.com>
  8. Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
  9. Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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  11.  
  12. > 
  13. >   The question I have is who built the thing in the first place? I know
  14. > AMF sponsored it, but did they also construct it? I can't believe a
  15. > sporting equipment company would go to all that trouble for a one off
  16. > system.
  17.  
  18. AMF -> American Machine & Foundry (If I remember this factoid right),
  19. which was proably only into sporting goods and motorcycles through
  20. diversification.
  21.  
  22. -- 
  23. George Robbins - now working for,     work:   to be avoided at all costs...
  24. but no way officially representing:   uucp:   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
  25. Commodore, Engineering Department     domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com
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