Path: utzoo!mnetor!motto!kiwi
From: kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kiwi the Magnificent)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Acorn Archimedes (was $5000 workstations).
Message-ID: <103@motto.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 17:46:51 GMT
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In article 9442 of comp.arch, richard@aiai.UUCP (Richard Tobin) writes:
>
>In article <100@motto.UUCP> kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kiwi the Magnificent) writes:

	...my own stuff deleted...

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>When last I looked at the Acorn machine its big problem was that 4Mb
>was the maximum the memory controller could handle.  This makes X just
>barely usable (and that's being generous).  Otherwise the machine
>would be excellent value.

	I think it already is, given that it has FOUR operating systems
	and BSD 4.3 Unix. Sure, X-Windows in 4MB is a bit much, but
	X-Windows is only useful for SOME things. Anyway, I haven't
	seen any Intel-based PCs (running some Unix variant) running
	X-windows effectively.

>
>I did hear that it might be possible to add a second memory controller.
>Can someone from Acorn tell us what the current position is?  4Mb is
>just not enough!

	Yes, you can expand the R140 to 8 megs...and that will go up and
	up too given third party support. Besides, it swaps memory in
	and out like VAXes,OS/2 etc. I agree though...4MB is a bit
	small for X-windows. Try and run mathematica on that...! :-)
	
>
>-- Richard
>-- 
>Richard Tobin,                       JANET: R.Tobin@uk.ac.ed             
>AI Applications Institute,           ARPA:  R.Tobin%uk.ac.ed@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
>Edinburgh University.                UUCP:  ...!ukc!ed.ac.uk!R.Tobin

	They're intending on pushing the R140 in universities, since
	they are ideally suited to that environment...easily network,
	cheap, reliable, etc. Let's hope they make some breakthroughs.
	Here in Canada, they are still bubbling around but haven't done
	anything major.

	Cheers!

	Kiwi.


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