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Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)

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From: snail
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:52
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In article <C0o5Jq.3nM@dscomsa.desy.de>, hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phill Hallam-Baker) writes:
> In article <1993Jan3.235327.13718@qb.rhein-main.de>, vhs@rhein-main.de (Volker
> Herminghaus-Shirai) writes:
> 
> |>A decent workstation has IMHO *at least* the following items of which the
> |>software can and does take advantage of:
> |>	a high-resolution screen
> |>	a pointing device
> |>	an ethernet connection (or token ring if your management was bribed ;-)
> |>	a UN*X operating system with TCP/IP support and a C compiler
> |>	a boot prom that allows for interactive diagnosis etc.
> |>	a decent amount of RAM and hard disk space
> |>	a tape drive for backups and data exchange as opposed to floppy disk
> |>	other items I may have forgotten (it's already tomorrow...;-)

Looks like the Atari-ST bites the dust (I have one, but I don't think I would
call it one either), but it also looks like the Atari 030 Falcon might bite
the dust also, depite running UNIX and X (if you want). I'm not quite sure of
it's specs, I'd love one for my sequencer...
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Subject: Re: Def  of a workstation (a lark)
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