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From: cmf@cisunx.UUCP (Carl M. Fongheiser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: PRO Series going, going, gone.
Message-ID: <13356@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 88 07:11:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: cisunx.13356
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Reply-To: cmf@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Carl M. Fongheiser)
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In article <454@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM> jrl@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (John R. Latala) writes:
>It would be interesting, getting a new VAX 8xxx and finding that the boot
>console is actually a uVax. I believe that the uVax is booted by an 8086.

Well, guess what?  Vax 8820's, 30's and 40's *do* have a uVax for the console.
We have two 8820's here.  It's kind of weird.  The 8820's run V5 of VMS, and
the console runs V4.6.

I think I liked the PRO's better, because RX50's at least *seem* faster than
TK50's!

				Carl Fongheiser
				University of Pittsburgh
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