jsl@cisunx.UUCP (John S. Lundberg) (05/03/89)
From 1-May-1989 issue of 'Information Week': "This week National Semiconductor will ink a March agreement to transfer ownership of its beleaguered plug-compatible subsidiaary, National Advanced Systems, to its mainframe and peripherals supplier, Hitachi. The new subsidiary most likely will assume the moniker of the Japanese conglomerate's U.S. subsidiary, Hitachi America Ltd...[remainder of article omitted]. HAL. Too bad we're in the process of replacing our NAS system with an Amdahl; I would have liked seeing a HAL 9000 sitting in our machine room. :-). -- (UUCP) {decwrl!allegra,bellcore,cadre,psuvax1}!pitt!cisunx!jsl (BITNET) JSL@PITTVMS (CC-Net) CISUNX::JSL (Internet) jsl%unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu@vb.cc.cmu.edu