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Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise

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From: neubert
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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Subject: Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise
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Date: 16 Nov 92 20:47:48 GMT
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