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From: marc@apollo.COM (Marc Gibian)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 64 bits
Summary: CDC 180 observations
Message-ID: <40824a31.17923@apollo.COM>
Date: 27 Dec 88 17:16:00 GMT
References: <28200249@mcdurb> <451@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> <1951@scolex> <4150@watvlsi.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: marc@apollo.COM (Marc Gibian)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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Quite a few years ago, while employed by CDC, I had the pleasure of working on early
180 machines.  They were quite capable and VERY FAST.  The only problem at the time
was that the OS was not yet mature, and we had NO DOCUMENTATION on it.  Therefore,
it was a real chore to accomplish anything on that machine since it was running
NOS/VE not NOS.  It was clear, though, that it was FAR superior to the 170s running
NOS for accomplishing many of the tasks I had.  I have always been disappointed at
the way CDC has be unable to sell these beasts, but that is not news... they have
always had products that where real nice, but never sold.
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