2.2 Still an Option?

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From: Eric Scott Boltz
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 21:04

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With all this talk of how slow 3.0 is, I am getting very concerned
about my planned purchase of a NSTC. I had an 030 cube running 1.0,
and upgraded to an 040 running 2.1 so I am deathly scared of winding
up with a SLOW interface again. Hell, everyone here wants me to get
a Sun IPX and a slow interface would start an endless stream of 
"wow, my IPX is much faster" comments.

Anyway, how easy would it be to get 2.2 up and running on a new 
machine? Will 2.2 support ADB? 

Maybe I should just get the IPX; after all a great OS isn't so great
if you're frustrated by its (lack of) speed and tired of explaining
it to Sun freaks.

I am also concerned about disk throughput. One poster suggested the NeXT
would only support something like 400kB/sec on the SCSI. WHAT?!
IS THIS TRUE? Good thing they put a SCSI-2 connector back there so
I can hook up and 10MB/sec disk only to have it trickle data...

I want NeXTstep back on my desk, but I cannot afford to sink many
thousands of dollars into a slow system.

Eric S. Boltz
Materials Research Engineer
NIST Boulder Labs.
eboltz@srv430.bldr.nist.gov
eboltz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (non-resident Hopkins graduate student)

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From: eboltz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Eric Scott Boltz)
Subject: 2.2 Still an Option?
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