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From: mcculley@alien.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Q-Bus SYSTEM, or micro
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Date: 19 Sep 90 18:30:44 GMT
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <1990Sep2.130223.1@vmsa.technion.ac.il>, ben@vmsa.technion.ac.il writes...
>In article <9008241207.AA25893@remote.dccs.upenn.edu>, GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.ED
>U (George A. Theall) writes:
>>>The following Q-Bus equipment is RE-POSTED for sale.
>>>          *** NOT RAINBOW COMPATIBLE.  DON'T ASK ***
>>    If your stuff won't work on a Rainbow, then why do you
>> persist in posting your ads to comp.sys.dec.micro? Might save
>The .MICRO does not necessarily mean rainbow. I agree that it may not be the
>most appropriate place, but some people may claim that a Q-bus machine is a
>micro. ?!?!?

In fact, I think you'll find the names "microVAX" and "microPDP" are used to
label certain Q-bus systems.  Rainbow is not the only non-Q-bus DEC micro, how
about the DECmate and the Pro?

In fact, the only reason I bother reading this group is the non-Rainbow
content....

Bruce McCulley
Digital Equipment Corp.
Corporate Software Engineering