Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4 Message-ID: <1991Feb10.010110.11187@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 10 Feb 91 01:01:10 GMT References: <1991Feb04.161126.8475@convex.com> <1991Feb7.151106.4795@cc.helsinki.fi> <32530@auc.UUCP> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 23 In article <32530@auc.UUCP> rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) writes: > It's not surprizing that a 68040 NeXT outdoes a 68030 Amiga. The "point" is > this: A 68040 NeXT outperforming a 68030 Amiga does NOT mean that the Amiga > is a slower system. Sure it does. You compare systems based on price and capability. The NeXT is cheaper and probably faster than the A3000UX, and is damn sure better integrated. So why would someone go with the A3000UX? I can see two possible answers: 1) Commodore does not have all its eggs in one basket, and so is more likely to exist down the road a ways. 2) The A3000UX has slots, which the equivalent NeXT doesn't. Point one might be valid, but what would one put in the A3000UX that one doesn't get standard on the NeXT? Is there actually an application for the slots in the A3000 with UNIX (which wipes out things like the Video Toaster)? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .