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From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: What to buy??(numbercruncher)
Message-ID: <6292@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 15 Jun 91 19:57:08 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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If you want a fast machine with a nice interface, take a look at NeXT.  I've
heard that it's the best platform for Mathematica, especially if you give it
enough RAM (>the 8M standard version).  If you have several NeXTs networked,
you can use the Zilla app to multiprocess.

There's talk of a 88110-based NeXT, which would boost performance even more.
That configuration would aslo have a Motorola 96001 DSP chip, for fast floating
point array processing.

Check out the available information at a university that carries NeXTs, and
also check out comp.NeXT.

Only you can decide which computer is best for you.  :)
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Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca