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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: Anyone actually own an 040 Amiga?
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Date: 5 May 91 16:36:25 GMT
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In article <AY$CM=K@irie.ais.org> jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) writes:

   B-b-b-but every sPARC except the SLC and possibly IPC has expansion slots,
   something the NeXTstation is sorely missing, and should've been considered.
   Also, what if one couldn't afford the boulder? They buy the Slab now, then
   are totally phased out when NeXT switches to the 88000. (Or the planned
   superscalar version...)

Are you sure about that?  I thought that Sun's pizza boxes weren't
expandable either.  I wonder how many people are going to upgrade
their Sun 3's with Sun's 040 boards?  For those not in the know, Sun
isn't offering 040 upgrades to people with Sun 3's.

   The A1000 was a mistake. If the designers had more time, what we would have
   had was something more like the 2000.

Too bad.  I know a few people that spent money on that mistake.

-Mike