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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: What to buy??(numbercruncher)
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Date: 19 Jun 91 18:18:02 GMT
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In article <1991Jun17.233312.9357@menudo.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) writes:


   Or put 18 or so megs in your 'miga.  Or get a *real* computer:
   Sun SparcStation-2.  Or an Intel iPSC/860.

A SSII is about 50% faster than a NeXTstation and quite a bit more
expensive.  And we can't forget that Mathematica is free on the NeXT
and it costs several hundred dollars for the SUN.
   
-Mike