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From: David.Anderson@CMU-CS-G.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Is parity *really* worth it?
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Date: Tue, 31-Jul-84 17:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 31 17:42:00 1984
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The Macintosh designers decided that parity wasn't worth it, because of
the board space it would consume, and it would be just another thing to
go wrong.  Maybe someone else knows how carefully they measured the
tradeoffs.

--david