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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Sun's Competitive Strategy (Was: Re: P1754
Message-ID: <3+_7KS1@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 4 Dec 90 20:57:10 GMT
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In article <2764@cirrusl.UUCP> dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> [users] are mostly buying machines running 80286 and 80386 CPUs at 16
> MHz or higher.

But running DOS this horsepower is pointless, and under OS/2 or windows too
much horsepower is wasted maintaining compatibility with DOS or fighting
an inadequate graphics subsystem.

A plain jane 68000 at 7.16 MHz provides far better user response time and
more functionality if it's not compensating for the mistakes of the past.

> there's no comparison with 80x86-based systems

That's for sure.
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