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From: dzd@cosivax.UUCP (Dean Douthat)
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Subject: 3B* Newsgroup (reply to Steve)
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Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 11:19:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 11:19:47 1984
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< Line eater food >
 
>From Steve (ulysses!smb)

>For now, most users of the 3B are getting the in-house group.  We'd have
>to be careful about what we said, because we (or at leat I) don't know
>exactly how much is "public" yet.

All  of  us  who  work for private organizations with proprietary
information face the problem of what is and is  not  public.   We
all  have  the  responsibility to inform ourselves on this matter
and act accordingly.  This seems to me a small price to  pay  for
all  the  benefits  of  the  net  and  no  reason to refrain from
legitimate uses of it.

>(. . . )  Until there are some
>[non-ATT 3b* machines] out there, and outside users
>have questions or comments, I don't see the point to a new group.

I,  for one, already have questions.  For example, I have advised
certain clients to wait before committing to  computer  purchases
to  see what ATT is offering.  In the current announcements there
are almost no technical data.  How much  memory  is  in  the  3B2
basic  system?   How  much  memory  can  be  added?  How many tty
channels?  What mass memory, Any floating point  hardware?   When
can we order?  What delivery?

Surely not all of these involve proprietary matters.