[rescue] FS/FT: RS/6000 42T

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Jan 17 01:08:47 CST 2002


On January 17, Joshua Johnston wrote:
> An RS/6000? Nice.  I've only ever seen one of those in my life, and it
> was way back in '91-92, I think.  I vaguely recall that the University
> of Maine had one in the IT office next to the 3090 mainframe, and that
> access to it was probably the most coveted and unattainable thing on
> campus.  Even the Sun cluster was easier, by far.  All I remember of it
> is some kind of red window manager and an interface that... well,
> confused me for the ten seconds I got to see it.  

  You certainly didn't see a 42T in 1992.  That's a PPC 604e, man.

  [shifts around to hide raging erection]

   -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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