In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Michael Roach <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>In article <[log in to unmask]>,
>Wirt Atmar  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>From today's NY Times:
>>Compaq established what it called a command center in Cupertino, Calif., to
>>take urgent requests from companies in New York and Washington. Compaq, which
>>has a large share of the financial services market, received orders from
>>hundreds of affected corporate clients, said Arch Currid, a company spokesman.
>
>I've heard that the Pentagon lost 70(?) VAX 11/780 computers and is
>looking for replacements. A possible solution is VAX simulator(s) I've
>seen discussed in alt.folklore.computers but I don't think it/they are
>finished yet. I don't know if they could get enough existing 11/780s to
>replace their functions.
>
>One would hope they have offsite backups.
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>He who attacks the fundamentals of the American broadcasting industry
>attacks democracy itself.
>               -- William S. Paley, chairman of CBS

Wierd ... I'm going to have to turn off my random sig generator for a
while.
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