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From: andrew@stc.UUCP (Andrew Macpherson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: 4.2BSD on uVaxII ??
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 22:04:23 EDT
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In article <391@bu-cs.UUCP> root@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) writes:
>I guess what I am more or less confused about is, why are people buying
>microvaxes? I can think of only a few reasons:
>
>	1. You run VMS, so you got no choices (you fool.)

	I've just been to the London launch, we were promised that 
	Ultrix 32m was available now.  On the other hand I came away
	with the impression that until the qda50 was available,
	forget it for multi-user applications.  (this wasn't what DEC
	were saying, rather what they were not saying).

	The configuration as a workstation with a small disk + ether 
	board would suit me at work, but I suspect there are cheaper
	(?Sun?) ways to the same end.

	As an aside I find "vaxes" hard to say, what about "vaxen"
	(it even sounds more like work-horse :-)
-- 
Regards,
	Andrew Macpherson.	<andrew@stc.UUCP>
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