Xref: utzoo comp.arch:18492 alt.folklore.computers:5946 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.arch,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Looking for a really odd computer Message-ID: Date: 10 Oct 90 04:31:29 GMT References: <2721@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <3300188@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <509@ssp9.idca.tds.philips.nl> Sender: usenet@math.lsa.umich.edu Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl's message of 8 Oct 90 11:28:48 GMT In article <509@ssp9.idca.tds.philips.nl> dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) writes: started. So I am only expecting trouble with VAX when it is going to implement user programmable interfaces in their vacuum cleaners or when DEC builds vacuum cleaners into their machines. When I used to care for a powerful Vax 11/750 the periodic maintenance schedule involved vacuuming out the dust bunnies from the system. I don't think the field engineer used a VAX tho. Followups to alt.folklore.computers. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept