19 May
2001
19 May
'01
7:20 a.m.
Jim Strickland wrote:
2. 11/780s aren't
especially uncommon. It WOULD be a tragedy if one of the wierd vaxen got made
into a bar - a 9000, for example. But the 11/780 sold zillions - it launched
the 32 bit minicomputer universe.
Yes, but nevertheless they're hard to find these days. I bet there's about
no IT department that still runs one. Most of them are probably already
scrapped and some of them may reside in warehouses with those trade-used-
parts-for-twice-the-price dealerships. Since there's no demand of the kind
who would pay those high prices anymore, the last guard will probably see
the scrapyard in masses (with far less oportunity for someone to rescue
them.)
In short, *because* the 11/780 was both so popular and beautiful, it is a
tragedy for each one that goes.
sniff,
-Gunther
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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org
Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistent Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
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