11 Feb
2009
11 Feb
'09
11:34 a.m.
>>>> "arcarlini" == arcarlini
<arcarlini at iee.org> writes:
arcarlini> cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org wrote:
>>> Aquarius project?
>> Every computer company had an Aquarius project at some point.
>>
>> That damn song...
> Perhaps. In the case of DEC, it was because it was their first
> watercooled machine. It had a somewhat reduced performance
> counterpart codenamed "Aridus" (as in "dry"). That one shipped
as
> the VAX 8800 series; Aquarius was canceled.
arcarlini> The VAX 88x0 was Polarstar ...
arcarlini> The VAX 9000 was Aquarius (and ended up as Aridus, I don't
arcarlini> know what changed other than not piping water through
arcarlini> it). ...
Oops, you're right of course, I mixed up the model numbers.
paul