Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site orphan.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!orphan!ken From: ken@orphan.UUCP (Ken Dellinger) Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Re: Has the Rainbow been dropped? Message-ID: <63@orphan.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 17:08:37 EST Article-I.D.: orphan.63 Posted: Thu Mar 7 17:08:37 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 06:57:59 EST References: <8361@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: DEC Western Region Operations, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 31 > According to the most recent Computerworld, DEC has dropped production > of the Rainbow. The article stated that DEC has a large number of them > in stock, and will try to run the stock out. The article also stated > that while the production run of Rainbows has stopped, it could always > be restarted. > > Jeff Edelheit > (edelheit@mitre) The "official" word that I got internally (within DEC, not intra- dermally) is that DEC has not dropped production of the Rainbow but is re-fitting the Rainbow production facility to produce some- thing else. I also heard that DEC should be announcing new features and upgrades for the Rainbow within the next month. Where these things will be produced is what I don't know. Ken Dellinger Digital Equipment Corporation 9570 S.W. Barbur Blvd. Portland, OR 97219 / decvax \ anywhere! < > !decwrl!orphan!ken \ ucbvax / ================================================================================