Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu!chuck From: chuck@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (charles bridgeland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Just gripin'... Message-ID: <1990Nov30.153926.24198@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 30 Nov 90 15:39:26 GMT References: <249@stbimbo.UUCP> <568@organpipe.UUCP> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 24 Well a NeXTstation is about $3000 with a student discount... Is any one else that currently has an ST thinking about a next? I am and I hope others are too. BTW I saw a nextstation here at the campus bookstore and it was awsome! Speed that was unbelievable, a real OS, and nice looking windows etc. (unlike some other machines that we all know) -------------------------------------------------------- have you actually tried to use one. My net conenction is through a more-or-less public access Next. Every once in a while I go in and do my stuff at the console (better than 1200 baud from home). The raw unix window is just fine, but doing anything with the GUI is s---l---o---w. fer example, it can take up to 1.5 minutes to get back to you, post login/password. try before you buy. chuck@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- chuck bridgeland---anarchoRepublican --don't forget, we surround _them_, not the other way around" chuck@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu hire me so I can quit this pit. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------