🚀 go-pugleaf

schli@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfram Schlickenrieder) writes:
: 
: nmouawad@waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad) writes:
: 
: > rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Caley) writes:
: > 
: >    Erik Plesner (ep) writes:
: > 
: >    ep> o Runs out of space when documents reaches a reasonable size.
: > 
: >    What a combination, DOS memory brain damage and TeX memory brain
: >    damage at one and the same time :-).
: > 
: > Another option would be to switch to Os/2.
: > Consider the following configuration:
: > 
: > 32megs of ram expandable to 64, with IEsa bus.
: > 80486 running at 50 Mhz
: > 1.2 giga-bytes hard-drive with under 10 musecs access/seek time
: > Ati Ultra with 1meg on board sram, plus crystal fonts technology to
: > produce on the fly scallable fonts as small or as big as necessary.
: > 15inch Multisynch non-interlaced 1024x780x256 colors.
: > 
: > What's wrong with such a configuration ? [...]
: > Pc's aren't bad. Looking at them at certain angles is.
: 
: 	Ok, I'll tell you, what's wrong with such a configuration: I'd
: 	get two Sparc2 Suns for the same price you paid for your
: 	box!!!
: 
: 	Amazed...
: 
: 	...Wolfram

Are you sure?  The following system can be purchased on the streets of
Portland OR today:

	80486-50Hz w/two floppy drives	$1855
	32 Meg RAM @ $35/Meg		$1120
	ATI-Ultra Video w/1M VRAM	$400
	17-inch monitor (non-interlace) $850
	1.2 GByte Drive (estimate)	$2500
					------
					$6750

I don't think Sparc2 Suns are less expensive with the same configuration.