[net.general] Having trouble getting your VAX?

lmc@denelcor.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney) (11/16/83)

Washington (UPI) - A $2 million state-of-the-art computer with military
applications was seized in West Germany by customs agents who believed it
might be smuggled into the Soviet Union...

An official identified the computer as a VAX 11-782, a 50,000 lb (sic) model
manufactured by DEC... He described it as "critical technology" because
the Soviets are not capable of producing it.

"This is extremely high quality state of the art computer equipment. I
understand that the uses in the United States were primarily military, some
in nuclear power plants."

	My, at $40/lb, its a real steal.