[can.general] DEC maintaining Able boards?!?

henry (01/12/83)

A blurb from Transduction Ltd. dated January 3, 1983, states:

	"... Digital Equipment Corporation of Canada will be
	taking on nation-wide maintenance support of two ABLE
	COMPUTER products:  the VMZ/32 16-line asynchronous
	communications controller with programmable DMA and
	modem control for all VAX-11 machines running VMS
	version 3, and the DH/DM 16-line DMA multiplexor with
	modem control for all UNIBUS computers..."

Can anyone confirm this incredible announcement?

doug (01/13/83)

I received this same blurb from transduction, and promptly
gave them a call.  It seems it wasn't a misprint, and starting
on Feb 1, DEC will service the aforementioned multiplexors.
The cost of the field service was thought to be in the
range of $75 to $85/month.

doug murray
slinac!doug