Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4

From	cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4
Date	2026-03-25 19:09 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In article <10q1ao5$26gqo$2@dont-email.me>,
Simon Clubley  <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>On 2026-03-25, Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>>
>> Or the time the FCC almost auctioned off the color orange.
>>
>
>I did a quick search for this and didn't find anything.
>
>What was the story here ? Someone try selling off the wrong part of
>the EM spectrum by mistake ? :-)

It may be apocryphal, but as the joke goes, a group of
$INSERT_YOUR_FAVORITE_INSTITUTION_HERE (I think I heard MIT)
students approached the FCC about licensing the rights to a
particular part of the RF spectrum.  The FCC saw no problem
with it, and was about to finalize it when someone pointed out
that the frequencies in question corresponded to the color
orange in the visible light part of the spectrum.  Oops.  :-)

	- Dan C.

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Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 "John H. Reinhardt" <johnhreinhardt@thereinhardts.org> - 2026-03-23 08:34 -0500
  Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 "John H. Reinhardt" <johnhreinhardt@thereinhardts.org> - 2026-03-23 08:38 -0500
  Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-03-23 20:05 +0000
    Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2026-03-23 20:10 -0400
      Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-03-24 18:12 +0000
        Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-03-24 18:34 +0000
          Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-03-24 19:04 -0400
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              Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-03-25 18:49 +0000
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-03-25 19:09 +0000
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-03-25 21:38 +0000
            Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-25 16:52 +0200
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            Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-03-25 18:49 +0000
    Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-03-25 11:00 -0400
      Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-25 19:29 +0000
        Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 "11/70 toggler" <none@08.00.20> - 2026-03-31 06:54 +0000
          Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-03-31 12:12 +0000
            Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-31 17:31 +0300
              Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-03-31 10:40 -0400
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-31 17:57 +0300
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        Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 David Goodwin <david+usenet@zx.net.nz> - 2026-04-01 07:18 +1300
          Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 21:31 -0400
            Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-01 16:34 +0000
      Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-04-01 20:18 -0400
        Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-04-01 20:32 -0400
        Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 David Goodwin <david+usenet@zx.net.nz> - 2026-04-02 15:12 +1300
          Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-04-01 23:05 -0400
            Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-02 11:19 +0000
            Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-04-02 12:33 +0000
              Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-04-02 09:05 -0400
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                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-02 20:51 +0000
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-04-07 12:17 +0000
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-04-07 12:20 +0000
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                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 "Robert A. Brooks" <FIRST.LAST@vmssoftware.com> - 2026-04-07 11:12 -0400
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                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-04-08 12:13 +0000
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 hb0815 <mw40171@mucweb.de> - 2026-04-08 16:09 +0200
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-04-07 19:34 -0400
                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 "Robert A. Brooks" <FIRST.LAST@vmssoftware.com> - 2026-04-07 21:31 -0400

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