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From: klm@munsell.UUCP (Kevin (with the fiberglass reinforced left foot) McBride)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Disposable computers (was: Re: A1000 -> A2000 upgrade offer, yet again...)
Message-ID: <1339@atkins.munsell.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 08:55:44 EST
Article-I.D.: atkins.1339
Posted: Tue Nov  3 08:55:44 1987
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References: <5596@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <1011@uhccux.UUCP> <17304@amdahl.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: klm@atkins.UUCP (Kevin (with the fiberglass reinforced left foot) McBride)
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In article <17304@amdahl.amdahl.com> kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
<In article <1011@uhccux.UUCP>, cs313s02@uhccux.UUCP (Cs313s02) writes:
<>
<>                               Perhaps we should make disposable
<> computer: that way, nobody will complain about upgrades...  8=) 
<
<Don't laugh!  Rumor here in the Valley has it that Gene Amdahl (no longer
<associated with Amdahl Corp.) is working on just that in his latest
<venture.  This on mainframe scale machines, natch.
<
<Just think of it ... disposable 370's ...
<
</kim

Um, Kim, 370s *are* disposable.  I worked on one for a few years as a co-op.
Later on in life, I found a perfect use for the 370.  We had copious amounts
of disk space on ours and I even had my own pack.  The MIS people were fanatic
about making sure that no piece of data that ever entered the system was lost.
I knew without a doubt that if I put some source code on an on-line library on
the 370 that it would be safe forever.

I used the 370 to backup my Eclipse.

-- 
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