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Article #12421Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)
From: K.X. Saunders
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 05:54
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 05:54
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In article <WAYNE.93Jan3184216@backbone.uucp> wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) writes: <In article <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes: <> <> Can anyone give me a definition of workstation, other than <> cost, that seperates it from modern high-end PC systems (in his <> case, one that cost no more than $3500). < < <This is almost certain to cause a long string of definitions, and <quite possible a flame war or two. Quite right ;-). I would define a workstation as the hardware that ~$15000 will buy at any point in time, running a Real OS(tm). - Kyle -- +-"Remember, [MS]DOS is sort of a UNIX deviant already" - dmoscny@piglet.-----+ | // Only /\ kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu cincinatti. | | \ // /--\MIGA kyle@nick.csh.rit.edu oh.us | | \X/ SQLdb - $40 rdbms Rochester Institute of Technology |
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!isc-newsserver!kxs5829 From: kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders) Subject: Re: Def of a workstation (a lark) Message-ID: <1993Jan5.055447.13263@ultb.isc.rit.edu> Originator: kxs5829@ultb Sender: news@ultb.isc.rit.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: ultb-gw.isc.rit.edu Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology References: <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu> <WAYNE.93Jan3184216@backbone.uucp> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:54:47 GMT Lines: 24