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From: chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon Noll)
Newsgroups: net.micro.16k
Subject: Re: National changing directions?
Message-ID: <3341@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 00:36:37 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 15 00:36:37 1985
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In article <6217@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
 >A friend pointed out something interesting:  there is a job ad in net.jobs,
 >from National, asking for... RISC people!  CMOS chip designers, computer
 >architects, compiler people, Unix-porting people.  Sounds serious.

Yes, such a project exists. It is at the point where we are searching for
additional people to join the project.  The project is quite serious.

 >Just how is this going to affect the existing 32000 line? 

This new project does NOT signal a dropping of the 32000 line.  The 32000 line
is going well.  In fact work towards the the next generation cpu is going
strong.  Yeilds are up, and the `3*3**' runs a solid Unix.  New yummo 32xxx
chips are in the pipes.

National just happens to be a multi-nation company that is big enough to do
more than one thing and chew bubble gum at the same time!  :-}

chongo <ns128064 in 1994> /\oo/\