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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: A new PC from Cray?
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 14:20:27 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 14:20:27 1986
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References: <196@octopus.UUCP> <11997@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <399@ur-tut.UUCP> <1494@gitpyr.UUCP> <2126@jhunix.UUCRe: A new PC from Cray?
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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>      There is one major problem with the Cray PC.  It is far too fast.
> ...Software from SlowWare Inc. can help you solve this problem.

Alternatively, you can buy our new RetardaBox product and run your old
software unchanged (well, almost).  Just add the RetardaBox to your Cray
PC (some small additions to the cooling and power-supply systems will be
needed) and you'll find it slowing right down to more human speeds.  The
RetardaBox contains 5 gigabytes of ROM holding the latest 4.7BSD kernel,
and also the 56 terabytes of additional RAM needed to run it.  This
miracle of modern software engineering supplies all the slowness you
could ever want!  Since only 37% of the system interface has changed since
4.6.2.7BSD, only trivial reprogramming will be needed.  Order today!
Free with the first 500 orders:  a three-volume leather-bound boxed set
of the ls(1) manual page!!!

(Coming soon:  Doug Gwyn's latest compatibility package, faithfully
emulating System V Release 573, featuring full compliance with the System
V Interface Encyclopedia!  Requires AT&T license.  Comes with the latest
AT&T-approved distributions of the Concatenator's Workbench, the File
Renaming Workbench, and the Directory Listing Workbench.  Optional libraries
available for complete emulation of the latest System V interprocess-
communication facilities; please specify the particular facility needed
by giving the room number in Columbus, Ohio of its original user(s).  No
troublesome "cleanup" or "simplification" or "unification" has been done!)

For those who need IBM PC compatibility, there is an IBM Emulation switch
which divides the clock rate by a factor of five (an additional programmable
clock-rate divider controlled by a random-noise generator is available as
part of the TSO Emulation Option), adds warm, friendly blur and fuzz to the
Cray PC's chillingly sharp and clear display, and reprograms the keyboard
encoder so that mundane touch typing becomes an exciting adventure!
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry