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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: Improving Ada's Image
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Marin David Condic wrote:
> They had the "Pro-350" that was based on the LSI-11 and ran about a
> dozen DEC operating systems. I owned one (bought used) and thought it
> was really cool. But you couldn't get software for it and (at the time
> it was being marketed) it wasn't keeping up with what you could get
> on a PC or a Mac. It was a good idea and in many respects rather
> innovative in its design. It was just poorly executed from a
> marketing perspective.

Sound familiar! :-(