Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: What the ST should be (Kurt Olson) Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 91 21:12:51 GMT References: <1991Feb28.213727.46962@cc.usu.edu> <1991Mar3.001625.22154@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <519@cronos.metaphor.com> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 28 In article <519@cronos.metaphor.com> barry@speaker.metaphor.com (Barry Friedman) writes: >UNIX/X with 68010 and only 2 megs would be an incredible dog. 68030 with >4-8 megs would run UNIX/X tolerably. Maybe Mach would be a better choice, ~~~~ >I think it is on its way to being PD. Throw NextStep on top of that, and it ~~~~~~~~ >would be really cool. > By George! I think he's got it. You just described my '030 NeXTcube. Yep, I like it and have my PC-Clone sitting next to it. (no pun intended) >-- >+=========================================================================+ >| Barry_Friedman(); /* "Why stop now, just when I'm hating it?" | >| - Marvin the Paranoid Android */ | >+------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ >| Barry Friedman | friedman@m4.metaphor.com | >| Software Engineer | barry@speaker.metaphor.com | >| Metaphor Computer Systems | ...!{decwrl|apple}!metaphor!speaker!barry| >| Mountain View, CA | ...!{decwrl|apple}!metaphor!friedman | -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */