PeeCee clones; was:PCW's 25 worst tech products

[Jim Leonard]

Frank McConnell wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Didn't Tandy offer a microchannel system at one time?  IIRC, it also was a
>> great stinking failure.
> 
> NCR did a few too (before AT&T bought them).  I remember one that was
> a multiprocessor 80486 with multiple Micro Channel buses, running
> NCR's System V Release 4.  Imagine a PC about the size of two
> household kitchen refrigerators stuck together, you'll have about the
> right idea.  

Yes.  Sadly, I still administrate these monsters in use at my company. 
The best one is a Pentium 60, whose uname -a mentions "MCA" in the 
output.  Joy.
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