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From: hl.rogers@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM (HL Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: Tower Alternative
Message-ID: <606@ofc.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 3 Oct 90 12:29:22 GMT
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Reply-To: hl.rogers@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (HL Rogers)
Organization: NCR E&M Columbia, Columbia, SC
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>For myself I am unhappy at NCR dropping the 68xxx lines. I feel that one of
>NCR's main strengths has been not jumping on bandwagons and working to an
>optimum reliable robust solution. I have been told that a major reason for
>selecting this has been getting the multiple processor boxes which is  
>currently difficult to acheive with 68000 based chips, seems to turn their
>existing strategy on the head. The decision not to fully release 5.4 also
>seems to likely to upset more people than just me !!!!
>
With the usual disclaimer that I do not speak for my company
(see .sig below), I have $0.02 to add to this thread.

To my knowledge, which I admit is limited by too few information
channels and brain bandwidth, nobody who is employed by NCR has 
stated the TOWER line is being dropped.  Press reports to that 
effect are, IMHO, press interpretations of what NCR will do with 
current product lines considering the company's announcements of a 
new suite of compute engines and client/server systems.  NCR's recent 
announcement of new additions to the TOWER family (68040) hardly 
indicates the TOWER line is being dropped.  

I encourage TOWER users to not jump to conclusions based upon press
"sensationalism" (IMHO) but instead contact your nearest NCR 
sales/marketing representative for the real scoop.

Like I said, just my $0.02.
-- 
HL Rogers    (hl.rogers@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM)
Me?  Speak for my company??  HA!
"Call 202/653-1800 for a good time!" - John Matrow, 1989