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From: Zach Heilig <zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com>
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Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 06 Feb 1997 03:42:26 -0600
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nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes:

> By contrast,
> one manufacturer makes Alpha machines, one manufacturer makes PA-risc
> machines.

I think I have seen more than just Digital making Alpha motherboards.
Some company (don't recall the name) was selling motherboards that
could take either the Pentium 133 or the Alpha on a daughter card.
Maybe they were just selling Digital motherboards, but I doubt it.

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