Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!gavin From: Gavin.Flower@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Gavin Flower) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: ARM3 spec changes; R260 <-> SPARC Message-ID: <1991Jun09.220609.2990@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 9 Jun 91 22:06:09 GMT References: <10615@castle.ed.ac.uk> <7333@acorn.co.uk> <7392@acorn.co.uk> Sender: news@comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) Reply-To: gavin@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Gavin Flower) Distribution: comp Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand. Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: kio.comp.vuw.ac.nz Originator: gavin@kio.comp.vuw.ac.nz I hope Acorn take note of the comments people are making about the R260/UNIX and improve the situation rather than try to defend it. I have seen an R260 demonstrated at Victoria University (New Zealand). I was impressed about how fast it redisplayed under X-windows, but... The supplied software, and documentation, not to mention the monitor, could be improved somwhat. I was expecting better. I would like to see Acorn machines being used here, well maybe next time. -Gavin. -- The main "user" of well brought up, and educated, children is the community at large. So if you really believe in "user pays", charge the correct users - stop overloading parents with financial penalties. ******* These comments have no known correlation with dept. policy! *******