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From: rdd@wuphys.wustl.edu (Rakhal D. Dave)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Default applications shipped on the 105 Meg drive
Message-ID: <1991Jan7.202711.15559@wuphys.wustl.edu>
Date: 7 Jan 91 20:27:11 GMT
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Reply-To: rdd@wuphys.UUCP (Rakhal D. Dave)
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I have a 105 Mb NeXT Station. I am perfectly satisfied with it as it is NOW
in its stansalone state. I can NOW do real work with it. Compile C. Use
Modem. Run Fortran through f2c. I even have 5 MB's of space left over.
However it has taken me 20 days of work after receiving it to get it in the
current state. The NeXT is a computer. If you give it networking software it
will network. However to think of the 105 MB machine as a sole Networking
beast with no standalone potential is a marketing flaw which needs to be
corrected. the point here is not so much the size of the disk but the stuff
that NeXT thinks is wise to put on it. If I remove digital Webster the 15MB
I gain is more than sufficient for my local consumption. However the initial
configuration is no good for the Higher ed. market. 
What I need and can place on a 105 MB system without even removing digital
webster;
1. C compilation paraphernalia
2. f2c fortran to c translator
3. Kermit
4. TeX 
5. Mathematica 2.0 (Will eventually be shipped when ready)
I hope NeXT is listening                       Rakhal