Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!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.misc Subject: Re: FACTS ABOUT WB2.0 (Was: Re:WB2.0 for non-A3000) Message-ID: <1991Feb17.004210.5827@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 17 Feb 91 00:42:10 GMT References: <43921@ut-emx.uucp> <5569@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <1991Feb16.014403.11533@NCoast.ORG> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 42 In article <1991Feb16.014403.11533@NCoast.ORG> davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes: > If you think Win3 looks better than AmigaDOS 2.0 you need your eyes > checked. I disagree. The Microsoft Windows user interface is one of the best I've seen: the menus are always available, attached to the window, and don't require the mouse. All sides of a window are available for dragging, and there are keyboard commands to bring a window to the front so you don't have to dig around for the front gadget or push a bunch of other windows to the back. I can see why Apple's scared of it... it makes Finder look sick. > The PC has surged? In what way? The ONLY way that there is even a SLIGHT > advantage to the PC is the availability of VGA cards at low cost. You can buy a 386SX box with VGA and room for 8 MB on the motherboard for $875. That's big enough to run UNIX, easily. In fact you can probably get the box, a big disk, and the UNIX license (V.3.2) for the neighborhood of $2000. Makes even the base NeXT educational price look sick. > The hardware > they plug into still sucks, is still 16-bit As is the Amiga 2000, remember. Zorro-II is a 16-bit bus. VGA is way slow, and for a windowing system the A3000 is way better. But for a base UNIX box -- fileserver or terminal server/timeshare system -- it's hard to beat a 386SX. > AM. As someone who SELLS these > pieces of crud as Unix boxes, I KNOW the performance is bad compared to > systems that use the Intel line of chips in non-ISA/PC compatible > configurations. Yes, the Intel 520 is a nice box: Multibus-II, runs 2-headed UNIX on 486 cards. A real honker. But we still use PCs for network capability servers (tapes, terminals, etc). -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .