Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!oliveb!amdahl!nsc!woolsey From: woolsey@nsc.nsc.com (Jeff Woolsey) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore Message-ID: <9574@nsc.nsc.com> Date: 1 Feb 89 22:45:45 GMT References: <7143@pyr.gatech.EDU> <532@geovision.UUCP> <4575@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> <1798@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> <25143@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: woolsey@nsc.nsc.com.UUCP (Jeff Woolsey) Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 8 Artificially slowing down faster machines is very common in the mainframe business. There was a Cyber 170/825 at the CDC Demonstration Center that had an extra switch inside labelled 815/825 (take your pick). -- -- When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest. -- Bullwinkle J. Moose Jeff Woolsey woolsey@nsc.NSC.COM -or- woolsey@umn-cs.cs.umn.EDU