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From: cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: net.arch,net.unix
Subject: Re: AT&T 3B-2's
Message-ID: <179@mplvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 7-Apr-85 19:17:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  7 19:17:07 1985
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Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Organization: Marine Physical Laborator of SIO at UCSD
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Summary: 

In article <490@lll-crg.ARPA> brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III) writes:
>>      We here at UCSD have recently received a  large  number
>> of  AT&T 3B-2's.  In their benevolent wisdom, AT&T chose not
>> to disclose anything about the assembly language  or  archi-
>> tecture of these machines.
>
>I love it!  The ultimate hint on the use of assembler as a programming lingo!

You misunderstand the situation.  The major purpose of this "gift" from
AT&T is to support the education of students in a computer internals course.
Presumably, a secondary purpose is to leave these same students with the
feeling "gee, AT&T sure makes neat computers." 

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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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