Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!b-tech!ais.org!jph From: jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) Subject: Re: Anyone actually own an 040 Amiga? Message-ID: Sender: jph@ais.org Organization: UMCC, Ann Arbor, MI References: <+q2G9+1*1@cs.psu.edu> <#n4G?uv*1@cs.psu.edu> Date: Sun, 5 May 1991 22:07:10 GMT In article <#n4G?uv*1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >In article 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. > I said every *sPARC*, not Sun 2/3/4's. Ever seen the motherboard shots of sPARCstations? You'll see what I mean. They have S-bus slots. Looking at BYTE Feb '91, even the sPARC IPC has two S-bus slots, which means the SLC is the only unexpandable sPARCstation. (Of course, it's design prohibits this...) The NeXT is a sorry excuse for a professional workstation. > >-Mike -- Joseph Hillenburg jph@irie.ais.org