> >Seriously the hardware boys seemed to be just a touch off center for the 
> >realm.  Even the VT180, a very good CPM engine design they left off 
> >two sided (rev-H has it but I've never seen a real one) and that crippled 
> >disk expansion to the denser two sided media.  
> 
> Bounded System:
> 	A system which would be usable if it could be expanded...
> 	... but it can't because it's bounded.
> 
> 					Megan Gentry
> 					Former RT-11 Developer
> 
Was it the hardware boys or was it the marketing types who said,
"Don't put that in.  It will steal sales from the higher commission
and higher priced xxx machine."
I can't believe hardware guys were responsible for single sided RX180
drives and the really lousy RX50's.
Bill
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Received on Sat Sep 25 1999 - 08:04:21 BST