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Article #216Re: the JPEG chip for ND
From: Fredrik Nyman
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 21:23
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 21:23
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dylan@midiline.la.ca.us (Comrade D) writes: >Lest we forget, that's only part of the problem... >...AND that NeXT felt no obligation to supply a daughterboard, a refund, >an explanation, or even an apology to those of us who, in early 1991, >bought the ND based on NeXT's info that it included the C-Cube >capabilities. And we're still waiting. >Slimy NeXT Inc. passed the buck and kept the money! Maybe we should all get PCs and wait for NeXTstep 486 :-( Even with a rumored $995 price for NS/486, it may be a good deal. Start with a nice 486/50 or 486/66 (clock-doubled) for $2K. Add a #9GXe graphics board (16M colors@800x600, 32K@1152x870, 256@1280x1024) for $495 list/<$350 street. Add a S-VHS in/out board for another $500ish, and finally get one of TI's just announced DSP boards with JPEG and 8 and 16 bit audio. The TI board was mentioned in the latest issue of InfoWorld. Speaking of which, in the very same issue, Cringely claimed that NeXT is abandondoning the 88K and going for the Pentium instead.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!socrates!ice From: ice@socrates.umd.edu (Fredrik Nyman) Subject: Re: the JPEG chip for ND Message-ID: <1992Nov4.212302.6003@socrates.umd.edu> Organization: University of Maryland University College References: <1992Oct31.215403.8464@cubetech.com> <5JcqTB1w165w@midiline.la.ca.us> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 21:23:02 GMT Lines: 22