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From: rang@cz2.ics.uci.edu (Roger Penaranda Jr. Ang)
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Subject: Re: The future!
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Date: 16 May 91 18:21:59 GMT
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In article <1991May15.100140.19240@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> rudolpe@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Eric Hans Rudolph) writes:
>So, I have some plans in mind to put together a
>screamer computer. That's the name. Screamer. And this computer will be
>dedicated to the Hardware/Software hack. I've most the plans put together
>already, including the custom Co-Processor (laid out almost to the bone) and
>the hardware stipulations. Anyone want to become famous and band together
>with me? Let's make something amazing. Not for the money, but because
>the market needs it badly!!!!
>
>mail me at rudolpe@jacobs.cs.orst.edu
>
>:-)

Whoa, you're talking developing a custom chip, are you?  Good luck!!
If I'm not mistaken it'll cost you *lots* of $$$, as in tens of
thousands (correct me if I'm wrong).  You do have your chip already
designed to the layout level,right????  Also, remember there are two
things that really give you performance (as in what the user
perceive): the architecture and the OS.  So, if I understand you
correctly, you're going to build a computer from scratch (including
OS) with some custom chips?  Well if you get a handful of people, you
should be ready to market in, oohh, about 5 years (at least!!! :-).
But what's that???  You're machine may not look so spiff compared to
what might be available by then?  Oh well, that's the computer biz.

					Roger P. Ang (rang@ICS.UCI.EDU)
"Hey, Dyna-Pink.  Nice tattoo."		Grad student at the
Mr. Wonderful - DynaMan			Dept. of Info. & Comp. Sci.
					Univ. of California, Irvine.