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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MULTIS Parallel Processing Cards
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Date: 20 Dec 89 12:32:08 GMT
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
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In article <308@marvin.moncam.co.uk>, emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) wrote:
 >In article <1989Dec13.134558.6734@uncecs.edu>, burgin@uncecs.edu (Robert Burgin) writes:
 >> of the ACM?  The ad promises that these cards will turn a PC
 >> or clone into a supercomputer: sixteen of the little suckers
 >> will provide you  with 640 MIPS of processing power.
 >
 >Hands up all those with 16 spare slots in their box...

Hands up all those with 16 slots *total*....  The most I've ever seen advertised
is 12 slots.
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