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- From: bgood@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov ()
- Subject: Re: 68050
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.181057.7009@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
- References: <D2150056.hqj7q5@erics.infoserv.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:10:57 GMT
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- In article <D2150056.hqj7q5@erics.infoserv.com> erics@infoserv.com writes:
- >
- >Joe_D._Ciarcia@fourd.com writes:
-
- >> Apple is working with IBM because IBM is good at making fast hardware
- >
- >Yeah, like, the PC was really fast, man.
-
- Go home. Turn on the TV. Sit down and watch. Wait for an "Intel Inside"
- commercial. Try to figure out who designed the microprocessor in the
- IBM PC.
-
- The technology Joe is referring to is the based on IBM's RS/6000 line.
- A number of large government labs are replacing or supplementing Crays
- with farms of RS/6Ks. They are indeed "like, really fast, man." Trust me.
- --
- brian good
- NASA Lewis Research Center
- bgood@sundagger.lerc.nasa.gov
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