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From: eric@aplvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: VAX isn't so great!
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Date: Sun, 2-Oct-83 22:50:55 EDT
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	Mainframes aren't always the answer either. I worked for
a while on a Cyber 176 (the largest CDC short of their 2xx super-
computers). With 30 to 40 users, it to could take a minute and a 
half to echo a character. The first law of computing is that demand
will always exceed all predictions for demand.

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					eric
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