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- From: al037@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewka)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: R
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 05:44:57 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) says:
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- > The new system is about 20 times faster than the old one, with
- >about 100 times more memory, said Jeff Cleveland, of ACD's Computer
- >Systems Branch.
- > "R" is being sold for parts, Cleveland added. "It cost us three
- >million bucks," he said, "and we're selling it for $3,000."
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- kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov -- anagram (@=e)
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- Cleveland: "Um, R's a gross gig. AOK?"
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