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From: mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Jupiter & the 8600
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Date: 31 May 89 08:41:31 GMT
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In article <7510@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
<At one time a machine called the Jupiter was widely publicized as DEC's
<successor to the DEC-20.  This kept people from moving to other vendors
<while the VAX was developed.

I've heard from multiple sources that much of the jupiter hardware
wound up inside the 8600. The usual thing sited as evidence is that
the 8600 & 8650, unlike the rest of the VAX line, and like th 10/20
line, has a _blinking_ run light when the system is up.

However, I've never been able to find anything hard to substantiate
this rumor. Anyone out got proof, one way or the other?

	<mike

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