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From: drdeath@wpi.wpi.edu (George Dan Kostopoulos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Re: Transp[uters at IBM
Summary: More IBM transputer uses
Message-ID: <8773@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 90 00:23:01 GMT
References: <[A.ISI.EDU]20-Feb-90.11:29:26.ENGLE>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
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From postnews Tue Feb 20 18:51:52 1990

> I have heard that IBM has purchased more than
> 40,000 transputers.  Even with four Victor-256's you can only account for 
> a very small percentage of the 40K.  Its an expensive way to make integrated
> circuit jewelry...they don't make good doorstops (too low to the ground, 
> but the pin-grid array does do a good job of grabbing the carpet) ...
> are there other uses for transputers that we don't know of?
> 
> Steven W. Engle

	
	IBM could be using the 40k transputers it bought as thumbtacks.
Or maybe a sales campain.

		BUY A PS/2 and get a real CPU free.

			:-)
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