DEC Design and implementation

From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sat Sep 25 14:33:05 1999

>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'm sure it was a marketing issue.

>I can't believe hardware guys were responsible for single sided RX180
>drives and the really lousy RX50's.

Hindsight is something, isn't it... Not that I know any better, but
what else was there *at the time the design was made*?

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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