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From: eugene@nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: Re: How you define a supercomputer ?
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Date: 22 May 91 16:54:55 GMT
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An interesting thought along the lines of this discussion
occured to me.  I have some manuals, vendor will remain nameless
but they will know who they are.  Some of these manuals have red
covers, and a few have day-glo stickers which read something to the effect:
Paraphased: "The document is not to leave the country of origin or the 
sales region where it was distributed."  And I think they cite some
Dept. of Commerce regulation.

I wonder how many people have had run-ins when traveling with manuals
(to study).  My only encounter with the DOC took place in late 1984 when I
wanted to take a Mac and a GRiD Compass to China (State Dept. Tech. exchange).

Separate post:
>Where are they now?

If you have to ask, maybe some one doesn't want you to know.
Patience with unreleased products.

Comp.sys.super: where everybody listens, but nobody talks. ;^)

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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