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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:13:58 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        micheas@freep.org
Cc:        "Kevin R. Lee" <kevin_lee@att.net>
Subject:   Re: Info.
Message-ID:  <200401141513.i0EFDx714503@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1074054442.631.79.camel@tux> from "Micheas Herman" at Jan 13, 2004 08:27:22 PM

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> On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 20:13, Kevin R. Lee wrote:
> > Sorry, one more question, what does DEC Alpha stand for?
> Digital Electric Corporation. (or did before Compaq bought them, before
> being bought themselves, by HP)

Actually, I think it was Digital Equipment Corporation.  DEC was
a major vendor for what was then called "Mini" computers - refrigerator
sized machines intended for use in labs and engineering workshops.
Alpha was one of their brand model lines of work stations.

////jerry

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