PERQs (was: Get up on the...)

From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net>
Date: Fri May 26 16:33:11 2000

On Fri, 26 May 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> [1] Actually, the PERQ 3a (aka AGW3300) was a 68020-based unix box. All
> other PERQs had the soft-microcoded CPU.

However, what I did was the easy part.

> > Had it not been for some hackers in the U.K., one very highly skilled
> > hardware hacker in particular - who may be reading this list and will
> > probably comment on this message :-), much of the information needed
>
> Who the heck was that? It's about the time I got my first PERQ (a 2T1),
> but I hardly fit the rest of the description. Unless 'very highly
> skilled' == 'termninally clueless'.

Ok, do you want to get into a flame-fest over this? I was referring
you you. DOn't tell me that you're beginning to believe the bizdroid
definition of highly skilled which is "terminally clueless," and the
corresponding bizdroid equation where:

    (terminally clueless) * n = ((highly * n) unskilled) * cq)

    where cq is the conformity quotient

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R. D. Davis                  
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