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From: jjb@hardy.u.washington.edu (Jim Black)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: 16mb minimum for next machines
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.223720.14750@hardy.u.washington.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 22:46:03 GMT
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Reply-To: jjb@hardy.acs.washington.edu (Jim Black)
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i don't have a next machine, but i've been quietly sifting through
the messages here for when i do get one. however, one thing that
has greatly disturbed me is the fact that to get _good_ performance
out of a next you need like - a HARD DISK ??!?!?

does anyone remember the days of teletypes when a punch tape was a luxury?
i still think it is. and to say that a "personal" workstation such as the next
needs a hard disk to run under is quite pathetic. just what types of storage
gobbing files are you people keeping on this thing. and whatever it is, i 
can't see how it's making good use of the disk space it has available.

and what about these humongous libraries some people have reported? is this 
some kind of mistake. this is also quite ridiculous.

please keep in mind i come from a world where a clue is a rarity.
so i criticize this from the viewpoint of total ignorance. maybe 
everyone should have started out with a building full of vacuum tubes.

--
Jim Black  (jjb@u.washington.edu)