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From: wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne C Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: workstations...
Keywords: workstation sun amiga apollo
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Date: 10 May 90 00:28:31 GMT
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In article <2243@zipeecs.umich.edu>, gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) writes:
> I just Wayne Knapp's posting about workstation classification.  It is pure
> nonsense.  Just because newer and faster machines are coming out ... 
> ...  I've heard great things about the
> Lowell board, and I'm certain that Commodore has some other great things in
> store for us.

Two things:  

   1. Not coming out, are out.  The SPARCstation 1 clearly blows the doors
      off of any 68030 machine when it come to speed, price/performance, or
      ability to run UNIX.   
 
   2. Hyping the Lowell board which can't be purchased is nonsense.

The point is simple, while the A3000 is a very hot Amiga, it just doesn't
hold a candle upto today's workstations.  I don't think Commodore is pushing
the A3000 as a workstation anyway.  Just because teh A3000 may be a slug as
far as workstations go, doesn't mean that it isn't a fine computer.  I like
the multi-station name, it fits much better.   

Also, Sun has sold a huge number of SPARCstations, at least as workstations
go.  There have been at least 50,000 SPARCs sold so far.  While being great
for the workstation market I don't think that is the market Commodore is 
after.

I think the A3000 is a good machine.  I just don't see how anyone could 
compare to SPARC and still call it a workstation, esp. a high-end work-
station.   

                                          Wayne Knapp