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From: page%rishathra@Sun.COM (Bob Page)
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Subject: Re: Definitive (I believe) source of the names for custom chips
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Date: 4 May 89 21:55:21 GMT
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rap@rap.ardent.com (Rob Peck) wrote:
>	D = DATA (Daphne)   - has the color registers and a few other items.
>	P = PERIPHERALS (Portia) - includes the disk controller and audio.

Daphne begat Denise, and Portia begat Paula.

>	G = GLUE-logic (Gary) - recently added to simplify the design

I thought Gary was for "Gate Array".

>Sorry, nobody ever told me where BUSTER ever came from, but then he didn't

Bus Arbitrator?		Dave? George?

..bob