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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Scott Dorsey  schrieb:   
   > Cryptoengineer   wrote:   
   >>DEC used to make a popular line of minicomputers under the name 'VAX'.   
   >>That name is  also used by a brand of vacuum cleaners in the UK, but   
   >>it did not lead to any legal issues when DEC started to sell Vaxen in   
   >>Britain.   
   >   
   > They are extremely similar.  They both have pipes and filters.  And   
   > the DEC floating point really sucks.   
      
   It was _far_ better than IBM's hex format.  I think DEC pioneered   
   the hidden bit.   
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