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Article #12310Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)
From: Josh Osborne
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:20
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:20
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In article <1993Jan16.020011.18759@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
>If I may add to the discussion, this is something I just thought of.
>
>See how much commercial game software you can buy for your computer.
>Free stuff, and stuff included with the OS, doesn't count. If there's
>no entertainment software, that means it's all work, and therefore a
>"workstation".
Maxis makes Simcity for the Sun, the catch is it runs under NeWS, not X.
(yes, you can use the openwindows X/NeWS server). So either Sun no longer
makes workstations, or you need a new definition. (and if we want to remove
DEC's, VAXen, and others from the workstation market, send me, say, $100 and
I'll send you the correct copy of xtank....)
--
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when it's necessary to compromise. - Larry Wall
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!pandora.pix.com!stripes From: stripes@pix.com (Josh Osborne) Subject: Re: Def of a workstation (a lark) Message-ID: <C1839I.7ww@pix.com> Sender: news@pix.com (The News Subsystem) Nntp-Posting-Host: pandora.pix.com Organization: Pix Technologies -- The company with no adult supervision References: <1993Jan13.180907.21793@qb.rhein-main.de> <PRZEMEK.93Jan14131055@rrdstrad.nist.gov> <1993Jan16.020011.18759@grebyn.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:20:05 GMT Lines: 19