brent@itm.UUCP (Brent) (03/28/84)
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OK, now that Charlie Brown had the press conference yesterday
and officially announced the AT&T 3B* series of machines, how
about net.3b for discussion of these machines, since there are
already a fair number of 3B20s out there?
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Brent Laminack (akgua!itm!brent)mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (03/30/84)
I don't want to set a precedent by creating net.3b with that name. We already have too many misc. top level newsgroups. I propose net.micro.3b. The 3B20 is certainly not a micro, but the 3B5 and 3B2 are.
eric@aplvax.UUCP (03/30/84)
I second (third?) the request for a net.micro.3b group. We have two of the 3b2's coming in, and there are bound to be questions. -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!eric
honey@down.UUCP (code 101) (03/30/84)
i suspect that in hindsight, net.bugs.3b would be the appropriate name. (what kind of tense is that? present reference to future reference to past reference ...) peter honeyman
smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin) (03/30/84)
For now, most users of the 3B are getting the in-house group. We'd have to be careful about what we said, because we (or at leat I) don't know exactly how much is "public" yet. The existence of the machines hasn't been secret for quite some time now; the only difference is that non-ATT folks can buy them. Until there are some out there, and outside users have questions or comments, I don't see the point to a new group. --Steve
bae@fisher.UUCP (The Master of Sinanju) (03/31/84)
I also vote for the group.
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Brian A. Ehrmantraut
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{ihnp4, decvax, ucbvax}!allegra!fisher!baedzd@cosivax.UUCP (Dean Douthat) (04/05/84)
< Line eater food > >From Steve (ulysses!smb) >For now, most users of the 3B are getting the in-house group. We'd have >to be careful about what we said, because we (or at leat I) don't know >exactly how much is "public" yet. All of us who work for private organizations with proprietary information face the problem of what is and is not public. We all have the responsibility to inform ourselves on this matter and act accordingly. This seems to me a small price to pay for all the benefits of the net and no reason to refrain from legitimate uses of it. >(. . . ) Until there are some >[non-ATT 3b* machines] out there, and outside users >have questions or comments, I don't see the point to a new group. I, for one, already have questions. For example, I have advised certain clients to wait before committing to computer purchases to see what ATT is offering. In the current announcements there are almost no technical data. How much memory is in the 3B2 basic system? How much memory can be added? How many tty channels? What mass memory, Any floating point hardware? When can we order? What delivery? Surely not all of these involve proprietary matters.