Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!micropro!well!rogue From: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: kicking people off cbmvax Message-ID: <1210@well.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Jun-86 14:32:39 EDT Article-I.D.: well.1210 Posted: Tue Jun 3 14:32:39 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 5-Jun-86 07:22:16 EDT References: <8606021832.AA11111@pavepaws> Reply-To: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass) Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito CA Lines: 27 In article <8606021832.AA11111@pavepaws> dillon@PAVEPAWS.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > >>> Regards, Paul Higginbottom >>> >>> FLAME >>> Also, I won't be on here for much longer (sniff), because Commodore views >>> "outsiders" using their vax to post to read news as a security threat! >>> I guess they don't need help on here either. >> >>Last I heard, it also had something to do with wasting tons of CPU time >>playing "trek" and "rogue" >> Dave Haynie > > (Not that I was ever anywhere near tha' thing, but..) > > Awww.... maybe commodore should replace their lowely vax with a 68020 >BOX! trek and rogue? tut tut tut... What kind of vax is it anyway? > > In terms of security... don't worry about it; there's no such thing >as security. > > -Matt Well, now that you can put something on your desk with the power of an Amiga, all a VAX is GOOD for is netnews, Email and games. Perhaps CBM ought to devote the VAX just to those functions, and give everyone else an Amiga or a Sun.... ;-)