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From: jchin@wimsey.bc.ca (Joseph Chin)
Subject: Re: (Ne)X(T) Terminals---a hot product idea?
Organization: Wimsey Associates
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1991 19:31:31 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.193131.10122@wimsey.bc.ca>
References: <1991Apr25.084827.1475@math.ucla.edu>

In article <1991Apr25.084827.1475@math.ucla.edu> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes:
>Here's an idea: given the popularity of X Terminals, could there be 
>a market for ``NeXT Terminals''?
>
>We all agree that NeXT should not lower the quality of its computers
>simply to produce a box they can sell for $2000. BUT---what if they
>make something that has _no pretense_ of being a computer, but
>rather just a smart NeXTStep display meant to run off a server over a network?
<stuff deleted>

>Comments?

Damn good idea! Rob Lin of the Tao tabloid fame proposed that almost two
years ago in an early issue of Tao. A Display Postscript terminal (or DPS
terminal as it shall be known) with a cheapo 68000 processor running the
server part and a full fledge 040 cube running the client part (ala X) would
be very practical. If the DPS terminal can be retailed for $1500 or less, it
would definitely be a very attractive alternative to X terminals. The
DPS terminal would also be less likely to be outdated (you just replace
the cube when new and faster ones come out) and would easily accommodate
future multi-processor NeXTs!!!

The only expensive part would be the licensing of DPS for each terminal. But
I am sure someone at NeXT can wing a good deal with Adobe since the postscript
market is coming under fire from alot of competing alternatives (e.g. TrueType
and several other postscript clones).

:-) Joe
jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca

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