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From: fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: osf NOT to be on series 800's ??
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Date: 10 Oct 90 12:14:02 GMT
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>
>   Fairly reliable rumor heard at the recent ADUS conference in San Diago is,
>   that HP will NOT port OSF to the 9000/800 series risc machines.  Anyone
>   out there heard the same or maybe someone from HP could confirm/denie it?
>

Reliable rumor mongering again?  Were you aware that at the latest Usenix
Mach workshop, HP (Bob Sears) presented a paper on porting Mach 2.5 to 
HP PA systems?  Currently, that would be the series 800.

regards,
fletcher


Fletcher E. Kittredge  fkittred@bbn.com
Senior Engineer
Platforms and Tools Group
BBN Software Products Company
10 Fawcett St.
Cambridge, MA. 02138