George states: Well actually, it fits pretty neatly. Before HP would let us announce plans to phase out the hp e3000 and the MPE/iX operating system, we had to make sure that there would be hardware available with enough processing power to carry customers through the next five years. That's why we introduced the a-class and n-class last year, and why we are introducing performance "kickers" to those systems now. George, I'm assuming that this discussion went on *after* you spoke to all of 64 bits and foreseeable futures? Ray Shahan "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *