OT Names was Re: chiclassiccomp.org was Re: Mysterious website

[Tony Duell]

> 
> How well did Nova (No Va) sell in Spanish speaking countries?  IIRC, GM
> had some difficulty with their "Nova"

Some years ago I rescued most of a DG Nova 1210 from a skip (dumpster). 
'Most' meaning the rack-mount chassis, CPU board, core memory board and a 
special interface board. Alas it was (and still is) missing the cooling fan 
(no problem) and the lights-and-switches board (big problem...)

When I got it, I sent a message to some of my classic-computer-loving 
freinds with the subject; 'Nova -- it doesn't go' and went on to expalin 
the urban legend and why it was true in this particular case.

-tony