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From: martens@python.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens)
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Subject: Re: Commodore at FCC
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Date: 20 Sep 90 03:13:32 GMT
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In article <22107@grebyn.com> ckp@grebyn.UUCP (Checkpoint Technologies) writes:

	[ ... speaking of the new NeXts ]

>The shockers: It sports a 25MHz 68040, yes, an Oh Forty.  And the list
>price is $4995.

I think this is exactly what Sun is advertizing the SLC for.  Looks
like a bit of competition, but if the interface is no better than on
the original NeXt box, I'll take the Sun.

>If I speculate the price of an A3000 plus 68040 plus 8 meg RAM plus
>Viking 1 monitor plus Unix, I seem to get a number higher than that.
>I don't mean to be a doom-sayer, but I don't see much reason to buy an
>A3000 to run Unix when the NeXTstation looks the way it does.  And
>it's got the DSP, the sound, and it runs Lotus - the brochure talks
>almost as much about Lotus Improv(tm) as it does about the rest of the
>machine.

Commodore can always drop their prices.  No point in doing that,
though, as long as the 3000s are selling.

	[ ... ]
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