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From: clif@intelca.UUCP (Clif Purkiser)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Bad devices (timing loops)
Message-ID: <231@intelca.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 21:36:45 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  9 21:36:45 1986
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> In article <374@mips.UUCP>, mark@mips.UUCP (Mark G. Johnson) writes:
> 
>    I do not believe that it is always possible to discuss even technical 
> issues without occasionally making personal observations and/or comments.  If,
> however, it is clearly the wish of the majority of readers of net.arch that
> this be the rule, I will abide by it.  
> 
>    Thank you.
> 
> 
> tom keller
> {ihnp4, dual}!ptsfa!gilbbs!mc68020
> 
> (* we may not be big, but we're small! *)

	I was offended by your comments about Ken and to a lesser extent about
Phil.  Although this posting was much more reasonable.  

	I think it is not only possible but very desirable to discuss computer
architectures without making personal observations (i.e flames) about 
individuals.  It would be nice if we could have this discussion without flames
about individual companies.  However, I guess that would be asking for the 
impossible.

	
	Now for something completely different

	A call for a discussion on new architectures.   I fairly recently 
read the sales literature about the Cray 2 and the Fairchild Clipper.  
The both seem interesting.  Would anyone like to post an evaluation of their
architectures?   I'm really tired of timing loops.



	

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