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Date:	Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:16:23 -0800
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OT from an XP list

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--- Ray Davison wrote:

> There is nothing far fetched about
> module-and-backplane architecture.
> And it has long been used for X86. But not in a
> "PC".

Dubious recall of some computer history:

I don't even know what "backplane architecture" is,
but I recall some references to backplanes long ago.
Didn't Zenith use them in some of their early PC
designs ? (Not multiple CPUs, though. It would have
been a lone 8086 or perhaps 80186 . . . .) {Zenith
had a parallel development for awhile with HeathKit,
the kits from which you could build some early PCs.
The Zenith version came pre-built; the Heathkit
version you put together yourself was somewhat
cheaper. I think the last of these may have had an
80386 in it.}

Jordan

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