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From: roger@celtics.UUCP (Roger Klorese)
Newsgroups: net.micro.16k
Subject: Re: Any 32000 series news?
Message-ID: <1026@celtics.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-May-86 11:28:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 28 11:28:31 1986
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Organization: Celerity Computing (Eastern Region), Framingham, MA
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In article <6731@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>>   many of the people developing large-scale multi-processors (eg Sequent)
>>   are going with ns32000
>
>Well, I don't know about "many".  "Some".  National's incredible delays in
>getting working chips out the door turned off a LOT of people.  Sequent is
>sticking with them, last I heard.  At least one other outfit started with
>32032s for machine #1 but is using the 68020 for #2.  I fear the 32332 is
>too little too late.

Supposedly, Sequent's next family (after the 21000) is going to be Intel-
or Motorola-based as well.


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