Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!donald.wslab.Hawaii.Edu!whelan From: whelan@donald.wslab.Hawaii.Edu (Jerry Whelan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Read the fine print! Message-ID: <9510@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Date: 22 Sep 90 06:32:35 GMT References: <15640002@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Organization: Dot in the Deep Blue Sea Lines: 11 In article <15640002@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> sritacco@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Steve Ritacco) writes: => Why would NeXT design 2 CPU boards that are essentially identical? => Actually the slab cpu is not as high performance as the cube, it has => lower throughput and can only hold half as much RAM. This is interesting, how is it that the slab has lower throughput than the cube? I haven't heard mention of this before, is it in terms of graphics or some other area? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whelan@ (uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu || uhccux.BITNET || nextsrv.wslab.hawaii.edu)