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From: kim@mips.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: IBM 801
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 13:23:36 EST
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> In article <632@mit-eddie.UUCP> wjc@mit-eddie.UUCP (Bill Chiarchiaro) writes:
> >Does anyone know what ever happened to the IBM 801 Simplified Instruction
> >Set minicomputer?
>
> Rumour has it that it will appear shortly as a high-performance engineering
> workstation, probably running Unix.

When I was at Amdahl, I seem to recall that it (or a close variation) was
being used inside the Channel Director of the 308x and/or 3090-x00 machines.

/kim
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