Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!denelcor!neal From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group Subject: Re: About nuking newsgroups: Message-ID: <452@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Jun-84 10:52:51 EDT Article-I.D.: denelcor.452 Posted: Sat Jun 2 10:52:51 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 08:34:13 EDT References: <221@homxa.UUCP> Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 25 ************************************************************************** >But the real question of virtual addressing will bite you in the end. >Sure, you can still do alot without it. But the limitations are too >great. Why isn't there anyone using PDP-8's to read news? or 8080's? >I think that you ought to at least upgrade to a 32 bit machine. At >least while you can still unload your PDP's; Soon nobody may want them. > Dave Anderson 201-949-5552 I know this isn't net.flame but this kind of "Well, I've got mine so you can just get one too" statement gets to me. I can't believe that I'm in the minority when I say that we don't decide what kind of machines to use by the requirements of net- news. I have enough trouble getting my employer to let me spend my time (time for which they pay me) and use the EXISTING resources to read the news. Now this bozo comes along and says I'm supposed to tell them to scrap all our PDP's and spend >$1E6 on VAXen so I can continue to do so. Regards, Neal Weidenhofer "The law is for protection Denelcor, Inc. of the people"!denelcor!neal