On Fri, 25 May 2001, Pierre-Michel Ricordel wrote:

> 
> 
> > it's by convention used as a substitute for the greek letter 'mi' which
> > is by convention used as a macro for the word 'micro' in most scientific
> > and engineering jargon, and thus 'uVAX' is the common abbreviation for
> > 'microVAX' which is what DEC called a very successful series of VAXen, of
> > which yours is a specimen. and very micro it is!
> 
> Yes, it was so micro that when DEC introduced the microVAX, it was dubbed
> "The first VAX that can be stolen"...
> 
> Indeed I can't imagine how you can steal a PDP11, a 6000 or a 8000...

Well, PDP-11s came in even smaller sizes than the uVAX, but they were
never made in the same numbers...

	Johnny

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