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From: zawada@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Paul J Zawada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Re: Is there an interest here about the Encore (ex-Gould) NP/1 ?
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Date: 28 Nov 89 01:04:18 GMT
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cook@pinocchio.Encore.COM (Dale C. Cook):
> [pierre@imag.fr (Pierre LAFORGUE) recently posted that: 
> |This newsgroup seems dedicated to the Encore Multimax (and sometimes Annex).
> |Is there anybody reading it interested in the ex-Gould, now Encore, brand 
> |(mainly the NP/1) ?    Or is another newsgroup relevant about that ?
> 
> I'm nobody official, but from "inside" it looks like Encore, the Company,
> is changing so that those of us on the Multimax side are learning more
> about the (to us) new products formerly offered by Gould/SEL.  My view
> is that the company-specific newsgroups should follow the company where
> possible.
> 
> I will take an action to publicize this group to our coherts down in
> Florida (who know more about NP1, Concept etc) to increase the chances
> of questions getting good and timely answers.

You bet there is interest, but not enough at Encore!  Here at Purdue,
we have the very first NP/1 ever built - en.ecn.purdue.edu.  (The Beta 
test machine.) It was given to Purdue for testing before it became a official 
production machine.  (As well as it's predecesor, the PN 9080.)  George 
Goble (ghg) still hammers on the machine when a new bug shows it's head.
However, it looks like the NP series is dead after the NP/1 orders 
are filled.  A few prototype NP/2s were built before encore bought the
Gould Computer division. However, according to ghg, these NP/2s were
cut up and sold as scrap after Encore bought Gould.  One was packed
up, sitting on the loading dock, waiting to be shipped here.  It never
made it.  Sigh.  Since then, the people who designed the NP/1 and NP/2
in San Diego were fired and the whole place was auctioned off.  Apparently, 
Encore management is not interested in big machines.

pjz...


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