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From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Partitioning a disk
Message-ID: <20286@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 20 Oct 89 12:19:12 GMT
References: <15365@uhnix1.uh.edu> <453@shodha.dec.com>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <453@shodha.dec.com> alan@shodha.dec.com writes:
>PMAX was the internal name used during development.  The
>PVAX (VAXstation 3100) was being developed at the same
>time, so it may have been the source of the name.  In
>general the intenal name shouldn't be used, but sometimes
>habits are hard to break.

Unfortunately, in general the name `PMAX' is the only way to convince
DEC salesdroids that you mean `*DEC*station 3100' and not `*VAX*station
3100'.

Giving two similarly-packaged machines the same number was a big mistake.
-- 
`They were supposed to be green.'
In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163)
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