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Article #12434Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)
From: Dale Schouten
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 13:44
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 13:44
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In article <1993Jan5.151054.12967@crd.ge.com> davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes: > For my money, if it runs UNIX (or POSIX) and supports TCP and NFS it's > a workstation. Otherwise it's a something else. I'd have to roughly agree here. I know it seems superficial, but when it comes down to it, the main thing I associate with a workstation that I don't find on PC's (aside from the decent sized screen) is a multi-user, multi-tasking (i.e. `real') operating system (so I can have lots of pretty windows) and relatively transparent connection to a network (i.e. NFS, file access without caring where the actual file is). Dale Schouten schouten@uiuc.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!csrd.uiuc.edu!s4.csrd.uiuc.edu!schouten From: schouten@sp95.csrd.uiuc.edu (Dale Schouten) Subject: Re: Def of a workstation (a lark) In-Reply-To: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM's message of 5 Jan 93 15:10:54 GMT Message-ID: <SCHOUTEN.93Jan5134451@sp95.csrd.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@csrd.uiuc.edu Organization: Center for Supercomputing R & D References: <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu>,<1i5vdmINN3ek@cs.widener.edu> <1993Jan04.155544.18325@eng.umd.edu> <1993Jan4.224018.16370@netcom.com> <1993Jan05.004806.14107@news.mentorg.com> <1993Jan5.151054.12967@crd.ge.com> Date: 5 Jan 93 13:44:51 Lines: 14