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From: rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
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Subject: Low End NeXT (was: Re: Spotted Workspace ? Why? (and BlastApp??))
Keywords: memory errors, non-parity memory, spotted display
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Date: 9 Apr 91 06:35:58 GMT
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In article <1991Apr5.075135.23325@cs.ubc.ca> sritchie@cs.ubc.ca (Stuart Ritchie) writes:
>machine with slower CPU" I do not agree with at all.  Don't
>forget how badly the 030 cube was criticized for poor perceived
>performance.  The last thing NeXT needs is another target for
>cheap shots from other vendors.

Well, most of the bad performance was lack of RAM and no decent HD. So
if 16MB and a 105MB HD would be the minimal config, that would be ok.

Ronald
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