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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: The Future of Buses (and Futurebus)
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.164930.29217@amd.com>
Date: 14 Dec 90 16:49:30 GMT
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In article <1990Dec14.003959.16647@d.cs.okstate.edu> minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes:
|I also recall that the other form factor is not very conducive to desktop
|machines unless you have a big desk top. Doesn't the NeXT use the larger
|form factor?

Speaking of form factors and Next, it seems absurd that they are
proud of having a thin "pizza" box and then need a stand to raise
their CRT to eye level. Looks sexy, but functionally it would be
better to just have a thick box and put the CRT on it directly.

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