Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Eric A Schweitz) | Subject | Re: ALPHA ambiguity | Date | Wed, 1 May 1996 10:18:57 -0400 (EDT) |
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> From: Roman Gollent <roman@portal.stwing.upenn.edu> > Mike Shaver wrote: > > > > Why not have > > Alpha = experimental > > and > > AXP = screaming CPU > > ? > > > > (Perhaps `Alpha quality' and `Digital AXP' to be even clearer?) > > Last time I checked, AXP referred to a specific set of machines based > on the Alpha, not the processor itself. Might be wise to ask someone > at Digital about this.
No. DEC could not trademark the word "alpha", thus they trademarked the chip as AXP.
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