Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!nstar!tbissett From: tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: second thoughts on buying a 3000UX Message-ID: Date: 27 Feb 91 01:13:02 GMT References: <1135@applix.com> Sender: bbs@nstar.rn.com (BBS Account) Organization: NSTAR Public Access Site - Indiana's largest BBS! Lines: 31 scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden) writes: > In the end, I decided to brew myself a 486/33 box. It has up to now, > satisified these requirements (and others) for X and unix development > purposes. > > -scott > > Flames, anyone? Damned right! Flame (1): Ya should a got da SPARC 2 with extra goodies. Dat 486 jest ain't got da right stuff. Fame (2): after payin' all dat moola for a fast 486 you'r gonna wish ya saved it and got a '3500/ux with dat 68040 an' symmetric coprocessin' an' all dat. Ya coulda used da cash you'd a saved to buy even bigger hard drive -- nobody ever had too mcuh scuzzy. Like, you coulda bought a separate scuzzy controller and drive and had the swap area on its own parallel channel -- big improvement there for extra cash! OK, I know the 68040 machine has yet to be roomered let alone announced -- and a person can gradutate from a vic20 to an A3000 and grow a beard in the time it has taken C=A to go from concept to production for most things. That was then. Maybe now things will pick up the pace? How 'bout an A4000/UX with a couple of MC88K chips in it? All opinions above are humbly mine and due to their inflammatory nature I will not sign my name....(gawk! hit the sigline off! argh!... -- Travis Bissett NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287 internet: tbissett@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!tbissett 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---