Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale.edu!cmcl2!esquire!rreid From: rreid@DPW.COM (r l reid ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: InfoWorld article on 88110 NeXT Message-ID: <3299@esquire.dpw.com> Date: 14 Jun 91 18:01:34 GMT References: <16973@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Reply-To: rreid@esquire.UUCP (r l reid ) Organization: Playdoh's Republic Lines: 20 In article scott@mcs-server.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: > >[ Lastly, some flamage. Alot of people make fun of EPS (and > lately, myself) for our insistance that no matter the > raw performance of your CPU, you really are going to need > the memory and disk space. Since I just made noises about being "happy" withg 030 and 8 megs, I'll blather on that I accept all that you say here. It's not like I don't have a use for a faster CPU, and more memory. I know that for my applications I would see fantastic speed increases. Look, as long as it'll do D/A conversion of at least 16-bit 20K mono quality, I don't care if it has a 6502 in it and has to compile all night! My "wish list" is why-o-why do I have to spend an extra $700 to get the A/D - not that I should complain, it's a lot cheaper than I could do it on any other machine. Ro who also plays a bass hse paid $15 for