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From: perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut)
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Subject: Re: Need Advice -vs- 8088 is wonderful
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Date: Fri, 11-May-84 13:28:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 11 13:28:08 1984
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Z

I responded to this the first time it appeared but, due to the
slanderous (libelous?) nature, I feel I should respond briefly
to this quirky reappearance.

The 8088 is a wonderful machine mainly because it is available,
in quantity, with a standard OS, from multiple vendors, NOW!
The SUN is very very very slow in arriving.  Ours still hasn't 
arrived and won't for at least a month.  It hasn't even been
shipped.  And I think the order just passed its 6-month birthday!
We'd develop for your machine but we don't have one.  Thank G-D I
didn't decide to develop the summer course based on it.  The MAC
is still not available in quantity, development must take place
on another and different machine, and there isn't enough information
about it or its OS in the public domain.

Once again, the U of T is very happy with the decision to go with
8088 based pc's for the short-term.  When other chips catch up in
availability (need 100's on short order sometimes) and when they
appear from multiple vendors in compatible configurations, then we'll
be ready!

P.S.  If there is enough interest, I will post a summary of the
summer prototype teaching laboratory results in August.

P.P.S.  Anyone waiting for Turing documentation should mail us.  There
was a backlog due to an unexpected demand for the reports but that 
should be clear.  If you haven't received a requested copy then 
mail me or Phyllis Eve Bregman (utcsrgv!phyllis).  You got lost in UUCP.
-- 
Stephen Perelgut   
	    Computer Systems Research Group    University of Toronto
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