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From: n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Raoul Rodriguez)
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Subject: Re: A3000UX academic pricing (was Re: A3000UX at UniForum?)
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Date: 9 Feb 91 13:20:56 GMT
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O.K., my understanding of the NeXT-'040 chip problems is this...

The NeXT does not use the exec functions of the chip, and thereby does
not need to worry about bugs therin, so, for the machines that have out,
they may or may not be able to be crashed (I have hear reports that say
it is real easy to make the machine just crash by a few floating point
calculations, but not from anyone who has dome it..).  What this
implies to me is that, yes, NeXT will be able to get a '040 machine out 
faster than anyone else because...

1) They do not use the chip to its fullest potential (thus probably
   hanicapping their machines in the process)

2) The other companies (CBM, Mac, and even (gag) Atari) are not going to
   release a machine until the CPU is stable (a.k.a. shipping in great
   quantites, with very few reported bugs...)

At that time, we should see a "slew" of machines out with the '040 chip
that should increase the productivity of the machines, and also
decrease the amount of hype and speculation on the net...

Raoul "My 500 Has a Detachable Keyboard" Rodriguez
n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu
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