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From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sat Oct 24 16:24:35 1998

On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Marvin wrote:

> > Although my numbers may be wrong according to Tim's post, still though,
> > we're talking orders of magnitude of 486 boards produced more than any
> > PDP-8. Finding 486's 20 years from now will be about as fun as finding a
> > C64 is today.
>
> You said PDP-8 computer; did you also imply the whole family or just that
> one model? I would think the difference in production numbers could be
> significant :)!

That's probably what I was thinking about when I posted that original
number. The "Straight"-8 was produced in numbers around 3,000. I hope my
anecdote is right this time.

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