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>>>[log in to unmask] (Clint Schwartz) wrote:
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>>>What is the HP6000?
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>>The HP6000 is a fictitious system that I made up.
>>HP claims that there will eventually be a system that
>>will incorporate all the advantages of the HP3000 and
>>the HP9000, thus the HP6000 running MPE/UX.
>>This may be a few years ahead of its time, but it
>>will come.
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>>Jeff Sullivan
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>Hmmm... Wouldn't that be breaking with tradition?
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>If an HP 1000 and an HP 2000 yielded the HP 3000,
>then wouldn't an HP 3000 and an HP 9000 yield an HP 12000?  ;-)
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Actually, since the 9000 has more disadvantages than the 3000, the
correct equation would be to subtract the HP9000 from the HP 3000,
yielding a negative number: -(HP6000).  ;-)

John Painter
Computer Solutions, Inc.
http://home.navisoft.com/csi6000