Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!asuvax!ukma!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT Lab Opinions Wanted Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 91 03:26:03 GMT References: <10211.284573a0@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1991Jun3.024924.24036@cs.UAlberta.CA> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 12 In-Reply-To: kenny@niagara's message of 3 Jun 91 02: 49:24 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <1991Jun3.024924.24036@cs.UAlberta.CA> kenny@niagara (Kenny Leung) writes: The NeXT has 4 gray scales on screen plus built in PostScript dithering. the 68040 is capble of doing 15 mips and about 2.5 mflops, plus there is a 56001 DSP (10 mips) to handle array processing. Plus, the NeXT is absolutely the best development platform there is. You should probably add that Mathematica is free on the NeXTs. I think that it costs a small fortune on the Suns. -Mike