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From: flutter@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu (Lloyd Eldred)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VPI Selects Commodore For Unix Platform
Keywords: Unix,3000
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Date: 24 Aug 90 04:24:11 GMT
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In article <1990Aug23.162049.26537@uunet!unhd>, ncf@uunet!unhd (Nick C Fitanides) writes...
>In article <169@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> flutter@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu writes:
>>... The College of Engineering on the other hand is
>>requiring its 1000 or so freshmen to buy 286 clones.
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^^
>So applications users like "engineers" of all flavors and varieties go with
>the boring, conservative solution which has been obsolete for several years.
>It's a good thing for your school that the CS dept. knows about technology.
>I'm thinking about Grad School there--I like their attitude!
>..Nick Fitanides          . UUNET: uunet!ncf@unhd.edu  .

    Yeah. The Engineering school unfortunately is rather conservative. As a
freshman in 1982, I used Holorith (sp?) cards for my freshman engineering
classes. Later, when they started requiring freshmen to buy PC's (the PC
Portable (sic) the first year) I got myself an Amiga 1000 instead.
    The College of Engineering is being truely bold and daring this year and
going with a clone (Epson, perhaps? I've lost track.) instead of going true
blue.
    I'm saving my pennies to buy a used 3000 at the end of the year. The CS
curriculum is tough!

%% Lloyd Eldred -- Aerospace Engineering graduate student