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From: scott@NIC.GAC.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore at FCC
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Date: 27 Sep 90 07:25:55 GMT
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cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) writes:
>In article <1990Sep20.090331.28998@nmt.edu>, dksnsr@nmt.edu (Dr. Mosh) writes:
>> 
>> Are you sure that isn't $4995 just for the machine...  does it include the
>> monitor, HD?  That's an incredible price for the NeXT if it is correct..
>> The Sparc SLC may be cheap... but it don't come with no drive...
>
>I gotta beleive they dropped the DSP chip, no mnitor, etc,

No, you don't!  The lo-end NeXTStation, which is basically everything
on the current (late, unlamented) cube, goes for $4995.  That's list.
The only differences are the '040, no bus (aw!  I didn't use it anyhow,
no boards :-[ ), a 105M HD rather than 40M, 2.88M floppy rather than
256M OD, and twisted pair Ethernet support besides thinwire.  Monitor,
DSP, everything's there (and monitor gets a built-in microphone, to
boot).  Only thing that seems to be lost are 2 or 3 DMA channels, and
I suspect those are gone with the bus . . .

Recall, that's list.  The best educational discounts run at about
$2995.  No, that is _not_ a misprint.  Under $3000.  That's why
Jay Carlson is concerned about whether he needs an A3000 or not . . .

Luckly, I think its supposed to be an Apple/Sun killer.  I'd rather
keep Amigas/Ataris around, because they are neat.

   Althought they put out a very impressive video tape about
   their fully automated production facilities...

I saw that, too.  I wonder how close to capacity they run.

   If it's reconfiguarble for cheap and has paid for itself....

:-)

scott hess
scott@gac.edu
Independant NeXT Developer      (Stuart)
NeXT Campus Consultant          (Not much, really)
GAC Undergrad                   (Horrid.  Simply Horrid.  I mean the work!)