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From: alvitar@xavax.com (Phillip Harbison)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Series 32000; alive and well
Message-ID: <1990Jun2.054135.10948@xavax.com>
Date: 2 Jun 90 05:41:35 GMT
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In article <14013@nsc.nsc.com> chaim@nsc.nsc.com (Chaim Bendelac) writes:
> Footnote:
> On a regular basis, whenever a message in this group mentions National's
> Series 32000, it is followed by a predictable stream of (sometimes
> uninformed, often irrelevant) bashing/flaming. A recent thread ...
> soon turned into ... a story about a bozo NS salesman and Intel's
> bubble memories.  ...
> Please folks, try to stick to facts, not rumours!

I would suggest that Mr. Bendelac check with people via mail before
accusing them of dealing in rumor.  In the case of the three stories
I have related, I have dealt in fact, not rumor.  These are my sources,
given for your examination.

[1] The story of the bozo salesman is firsthand.  I was the engineer
    present in the meeting when the salesman said NSC was dropping
    the RGP and suggested we use the 32CG16 instead.

[2] The person who got burned by National on bubble memories worked for
    Itec (a Huntsville manufacturer of telecom equipment) at the time.
    We worked together at a company he started in Huntsville.

[3] The company that was burned on the 32016's long bug list and poor
    performance was Intergraph, a Huntsville manufacturer of worksta-
    tions.  I know several people who work there, and I was told that
    at one point, the 32016 required about 5 PALs to make it behave.
    I'm sure that Intergraph would rather not admit that the Interpro
    32 (based on the 32xxx) was a failure, since no company likes to
    admit failure.  However, the fact remains that production was hin-
    dered by the bug list, customers were not satisfied with performance,
    and the Interpro 32C is based on the Clipper rather than the 32xxx.

I now kindly suggest that you retract your accusation that I've dealt
in rumors.  In my humble opinion, discrediting someone's character is
just as serious as discrediting a companies performance.

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