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Article #843Re: When is a computer not a computer.
From: bri... Brian Gordon
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 00:18
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 00:18
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In article <11212.109...@mts.rpi.edu> Greg_d...@mts.rpi.edu (Commander Krugannal) writes: > Yea, the government has rules on buying computers. So, just > [...] > Well, no one had told me that the slip had been changed to hide > any reference to a computer. Rather it was "Test System". And > my manager was too clueless to have noticed either. So, two > weeks later they got their "Test System" installed. In order to get a PDP 11/20, with hard disk, at a state institution (the original USC, to be exact), we ordered a "PDP11 Disk Controller". Sure controlled that disk well, too ... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Brian G. Gordon bri...@Corp.Sun.COM (if you trust exotic mailers) | | ...!sun!briangordon (if you route it yourself) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!uupsi!nyser!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!bari!briang From: bri...@bari.Sun.COM (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: When is a computer not a computer. Message-ID: <130204@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 13 Jan 90 00:18:23 GMT References: <11212.1090.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu> Sender: ne...@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: briang@sun.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 16 Posted: Sat Jan 13 01:18:23 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit