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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
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Subject: VS2000 still mfr'd. (was: Re: VS2000 + DECWindows + CD-ROM ??)
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Date: 6 Jul 89 22:11:14 GMT
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Jeremey Begg:
< Now that the VS2000 is out of production it is likely that I can pick one up for
...

Me:
 Where did you hear that it is out of production?
 
Jeremey:
<         It is no longer in the "VAX Systems and Options Catalogue".
< 
<         From this I assume that DEC can no longer guarantee to have new
< ones for sale, and therefore that the VS2000 is no longer in production.
< If they are still being made the whole production must be committed for
< internal use, or for a special customer, otherwise why remove it from the
< catalogue?
< 

Wellll,  I see the Vaxstation 2000 still listed starting on page III.31
in the 1989 April-June "VAX Systems and Options" catalog, so I assume
that DEC is still producing and selling the machine.  

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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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