Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!phco From: phco@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Zenith-U.S. Government Contract Message-ID: <3365@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 16:30:42 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3365 Posted: Wed Oct 10 16:30:42 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 01:08:53 EDT Lines: 17 According to the October 5, 1984 issue of "Buss", the U.S. Government awarded on October 2 a contract to Zenith Data Systems for $99.8 million worth of Z-150 microcomputers "specially designed to meet U.S. Government 'Tempest' security specifications required for computers and peripherals used in government classified work, including research, aerospace, defense, and diplomatic functions." The contract calls for delivery of approximately 10,500 desktop systems over the next five years to the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. The article goes on to say "To achieve the necessary security specifications, the Zenith Tempest models employ state-of-the-art technology that electronically secures data inside the computer." Does anybody know anything about the "Tempest" specs and what they mean? John Miller (ecsvax!phco) Dept. of Pharmacology, Univ. of N.C., Chapel Hill, N.C.