> From: Fritz Mueller
> Overall, I have been pretty amazed by the sheer number of machined
> parts, castings, high quality bearings, etc. within this beast. Lots of
> stainless steel throughout. Sure wouldn't find anything built this way
> these days! What a tank.
That's DEC for you - quality engineering (mostly :-). Reminds me of this
Porsche/Lotus story:
http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/nontech/chapman.html
Alas, that kind of engineering turned into a liability when DEC tried to
compete in the 'new world' of personal computers... :-(
Noel
