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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Advanced Systems
Message-ID: <292@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 14 Apr 91 03:56:55 GMT
References: <1991Mar29.162359.2428@pdn.paradyne.com> <1991Apr2.171206.12184@bilver.uucp> <3763@batman.moravian.EDU>
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halkoD@batman.moravian.EDU (David Halko) writes:

>Careful.... there are several Microchannel bus'es out there... Tandy had
>licensed the real thing, from what I remember... the clone manufacturers
>made something SIMILAR and almost compatable, but not the exact same
>thing...  

NCR representatives made a presentation before the Washington Area UNIX
Users Group (WAUUG) last August where they pre-announced their 3000
Series. They reported that their Micro-Channel was licensed from IBM as
part of a technology exchange. As part of that agreement, IBM licensed
NCR's advanced SCSI technology.

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