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In article <1i5vdmINN3ek@cs.widener.edu>, YOUNG@tattoo.cs.widener.edu (Rob Young) writes:
>In <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu writes:
>
>> 	At first I was tempted to talk about UNIX or RISC, but these
>> 	were less than satisfactory (UNIX because he could be running
>> 	UNIX, and RISC sounds deficient--those old M68k based Suns are
>> 	still workstations...and then there's the 386i...)..
>>  
>> 	Anyone?  Come to think of it, it's pretty muddled to me, too.
>> 
>
>The bus.  At least that is how DEC is differentiating their Alpha PC (yet
>to debut) from their workstations.  The PC will have the same chip (125
>MHz) as the yet to debut low-end workstation.  The workstation is Turbochannel
>based, the PC EISA.

Hm. Does this mean the HP Workstations, which use EISA, are really PeeCees
in disguise? :-)

Actually, a "workstation" would have the following vague and fuzzy definitions,
according to the book of Moo:

	A) One big f@#$ing screen, which is nearly as expensive as the CPU.
	   Don't bother braggin' unless it's 17" or better.

	B) Designed to be seamless-ly intergrated into Internet and can run
	   news. :-) PC's don't count here because you have to:
		1) buy an Ethernet card 
		2) Add drivers to run TCP/IP
                                        
Hmm... 

On second thought, I'll take the supreme court version,

		"I'll know it when I see it"

given some people are using PCs for "workstation"-like work.

                    I have talked to Ehud, and lived.
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