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From: shprentz@donut.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Looking for Callan users
Message-ID: <833@donut.uucp>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 22:58:31 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 25 22:58:31 1987
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In article <758@arthur.cs.purdue.edu> , bxd@arthur.cs.purdue.edu
(Buster Dunsmore) writes:
> In article <4842@ism780c.UUCP>, tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
> > 
> > When I worked at Callan Data Systems, I used to buy a small bag of M&M's
> > out of the vending machine every day.  Before eating it, I would count each
> > color, and append the results to a database I was maintaining.  Sadly, my
> > database was lost when Callan went under.
> 
> Hmmm!  Maybe there's some truth to the rumor that Callan Data Systems went
> under because of employees counting M&M's on company time.

Whatever the reason for Callan's demise, I'm still running Unix on an early
Callan Unistar 200.  Needless to say, hardware and software support is a
bit hard to come by.

If you are running a Callan system and would be willing to share your
experiences, problems, and solutions, please reply by electronic mail.

-- 
Joel Shprentz                   Phone:  (703) 848-7305
BDM Corporation                 Uucp:  seismo!bdmrrr!donut!shprentz
7915 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia  22102