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From: pkatz@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk (Philip Katz)
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Subject: Re: Abbreviation: RTFM
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Date: 26 Sep 89 09:43:21 GMT
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From article <1812@servax0.essex.ac.uk>, by and@servax0.essex.ac.uk (Holyer A):
> And while we're at it, I know what a DELNI and a DEQNA are (is? are? dunno),
> but does anyone know offhand what they stand for?

Yep. `DEc Local Network Interface' and `DEc Q-bus Network Adaptor'. Most of
the DEC things are quite easy to remember once you know what they stand for
(a bit like UNIX, ins't it, `cp' and `pwd' and all that).


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