LA30 parts and question - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Nov 2017

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  From: Fritz Mueller 
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  Overall, I have been pretty amazed by the sheer number
of machined
 parts, castings, high quality bearings, etc. within this beast. Lots of
 stainless steel throughout. Sure wouldn't find anything built this way
 these days! What a tank. 
That's DEC for you - quality engineering (mostly :-). Reminds me of this
Porsche/Lotus story:

  http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/nontech/chapman.html

Alas, that kind of engineering turned into a liability when DEC tried to
compete in the 'new world' of personal computers... :-(

	Noel