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From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: The NeXT is still the best buy.
Message-ID: <1991May05.063824.19367@kithrup.COM>
Date: 5 May 91 06:38:24 GMT
References: <1991May01.180826.38160@slate.mines.colorado.edu> <#l6Gi_m_1@cs.psu.edu>
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In article <#l6Gi_m_1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>The 386 doesn't have a floating-point coprocessor(needed for
>postscript) 

Then what is this part Intel sells called an 80387?  Kithrup has an IIT '387
clone.  Cyrix has a *much* faster '387 clone.

>and it probably isn't quite as fast as a 68030.  

As far as most anyone can tell, the '30 and '386 are more-or-less equivalent
in speed.  The '386 has fewer registers, but makes up for it by some
shortcuts and somewhat speedier instructions.  The '30 has more registers,
which cuts down memory-access time, and is a great boon (especially to
compilers).

>And what
>about the display.  Some sort of VGA(resolution would be too low)?

SuperVGA is 1024x768x8 (that's 256 colors).  There are better displays out
there; I have a cornerstone with 1600x1280, for example.

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