Xref: utzoo comp.benchmarks:259 comp.sys.apollo:7486 comp.sys.hp:7214 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!iuvax.cs.indiana.edu!mikes From: mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks,comp.sys.apollo,comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: 040 NeXT (was:Performance of HP/Apollo 9000/425t???) Message-ID: <1990Dec19.150649.9647@news.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 19 Dec 90 15:06:49 GMT References: <1990Dec18.222547.17877@pa.dec.com> Sender: royle@news.cs.indiana.edu (keenan royle) Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: iuvax.cs.indiana.edu In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >How about SpecMarks for the 68040 NeXT? They have been shipping for a >week or two. Is the personal workstation a reality? Please define "personal workstation" - is it simply a matter of CPU throughput? Is it running some form of UNIX? Is it a state of mind? If a "workstation" is simply UNIX box that is comparable in CPU throughput to what Sun, et al, are selling as "workstations" then the personal workstation appeared some time ago - a 386 running 386 UNIX, 030 NeXT, others. -- Mike Squires (mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) 812 855 3974 (w) 812 333 6564 (h) mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408 Under construction: mikes@sir-alan@cica.indiana.edu