covert@ihuxq.UUCP (covert) (04/05/84)
From a memo received april 2, 1984 'TO ALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS LINE OF BUSINESS EMPLOYEES Please direct any inquiries and calls from potential customers to the Telemarketing Center at Hickory Ridge. Inquiries pertaining to AT&T 3B Computers should be directed to 800-833-9333. All calls regarding UNIX* operating systems should be directed to 800-828-8649. ' *UNIX is a trademark of AT&T -- Richard Covert AT&T Bell Laboratories ...ihnp4!ihuxq!covert (312) 979-7488
alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Allen England) (04/06/84)
+ All inquiries regarding AT&T 3B computers should be directed to the Telemarketing Center at Hickory Ridge. The phone numbers are: AT&T 3B Computers (800) 833-9333 Unix TM (800) 928-8649 Hope this helps Allen ihnp4!ihuxb!alle
barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (04/06/84)
Maybe the AT&T Phone Centers will start having a computer section? Even better would be the ability to call an operator and give him/her your AmEx number. -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar
agk@ihuxq.UUCP (Andy Kegel) (04/06/84)
Call 1-800-833-9333 for information about the entire AT&T 3B line. Individuals will not be able to order AT&T 3B2 systems for a while, although Value-Added Resellers and Original Equipment Manufacturers will receive machines (I have no idea what the "priority function" is). Can some one explain the origin of the term "OEM" ?? -andy kegel
twh@mb2c.UUCP (Tim Hitchcock) (04/06/84)
You can order a 3b2 for your local Western Electric salesperson.
presley@mhuxj.UUCP (Joe Presley) (04/07/84)
> From: twh@mb2c.UUCP (Tim Hitchcock) > You can order a 3b2 for your local Western Electric > salesperson. What if it's not the salesperson's birthday? I'd rather order one for myself, than for the salesperson. :-) -- Joe Presley (mhuxj!presley, ihnp4!j.presley)
rpw3@fortune.UUCP (04/08/84)
#R:ihuxq:-83500:fortune:3500016:000:760
fortune!rpw3 Apr 7 19:52:00 1984
OEM == Original Equipment Manufacturer
The guy who made the part that went in the system you bought from
the other guy.
To say, "XXX is a disk-drive OEM" means that other companies YYY and ZZZ
take XXX disks and put them in the YYY and ZZZ systems (usually with their
names on them, at that point).
"Private labelling" is what you call it when an OEM manufactures it
with the other guy's logo and case and everything...
You see a lot of private labelling in the home entertainment market.
Several companies buying from the same OEM, but each with a different
logo on the front.
Rob Warnock
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DDD: (415)595-8444
USPS: Fortune Systems Corp, 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065bobgian@psuvax.UUCP (Bob Giansiracusa) (04/09/84)
Regarding the term "OEM": it stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer", that is, a large company that buys other people's computers, terminals, widgets, or whatever, and then assembles them into some new product which it then sells itself. The term is usually used as a "secret code" to indicate a large buyer of technological equipment. That is, if semiconductor company X says "We sell to OEMs" they will probably look with disinterest upon an order for a single microprocessor chip. -- Bob