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Article #1254Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise
From: neubert
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:47
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:47
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In article <1992Nov5.070242.1983@cubetech.com>, andrew@cubetech.com writes: > In article <1992Nov3.220241.12669@access.usask.ca> jake@skatter.usask.ca writes: >>> I also haven't heard any word from NeXT that the NRW is dead. >>> >>> Gordon >> >>Grand, but what could possibly be taking them so flamin' LONG to get the >>thing, whatever it is, out the door? > > NeXT is not known for trying to get the hottest box possible out the > door before everyone else. I think NeXT's goals are to have a really > hot box running really hot software at a PC price (i.e. way less than > a SPARCStation 10). To do this you have to wait until stuff is cheap. Way less than a SPARCstation Classic (i.e., $4K for color 50MIPs, 200MB, 16MB, RISC)? Would *love* to see it (in my lifetime), but... > > > andrew > -- > andrew@cubetech.com | "Carpe Nocturn - I get more work done after > Andrew Loewenstern | 2 a.m. than most people do all day." > Cube Technologies, Inc. | - Simson Garfinkle John Neubert
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pitt.edu!pitt!cuphub.cup.edu!neubert From: neubert@cuphub.cup.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise Message-ID: <1992Nov16.154748.114@cuphub.cup.edu> Date: 16 Nov 92 20:47:48 GMT References: <1992Nov2.234402.213@metrosoft.com> <1992Nov3.220241.12669@access.usask.ca> <1992Nov5.070242.1983@cubetech.com> Organization: California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA Lines: 26