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From: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: History of PCs
Keywords: history, pc, workstation
Message-ID: <668@stcns3.stc.oz>
Date: 2 Aug 88 02:09:49 GMT
References: <5946@venera.isi.edu> <5458@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <1876@looking.UUCP> <17589@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall)
Organization: Alcatel-STC Australia, North Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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In article <17589@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes:
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| 	The Viatron Computer, circa 1970.  It was supposed to rent for
| 	$39 a month.  It really existed, but very few were ever made,
| 	despite great hype from the manufacturer.

Was this the famed "kitchen computer", and just one model is on display
in a museum somewhere?

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