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From: dot@dotat.at (Tony Finch)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:36:28 +0100
Subject: [TUHS] UNIX of choice these days?
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Wesley Parish <wes.parish at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> I once thought of developing a computer where everything from the core
> functions to the peripherals was a network node. In effect replacing the
> bus. I found references to a Cambridge U (UK) computer system that
> purported to do just that but couldn't find any more info on it.

The Desk Area Network, perhaps?
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/dan.html

Tony.
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