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From: fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Gavilan - Alive or Dead?
Summary: Dead on arrival
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.093845.4545@techbook.com>
Date: 18 Oct 90 09:38:45 GMT
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In article <1410002@hp-vcd.HP.COM> johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
><<<
>< Does anyone know if Gavilan Computers (Silicon Valley) is still
>< alive?  Where can I go for repairs?
>----------
>One wonders if Gavilan was ever alive. They made a big splash in
>the 1983 COMDEX with their portable but it was obsolete before
>they could get it into production. They are believed to be 
>responsible for the invention of the term "Vaporware".
>
  Actually, i think Ovation was responsible for the creation of the
term.

>
>John Eaton
>!hpvcfs1!johne


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