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From: punia@uvm-gen.UUCP (David T. Punia)
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Subject: Re: Why force the AT&T at UVM?
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 08:56:45 EDT
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  >Now, I'm sorry, but an AT&T 6300 would be pretty much useless to me as
  >a personal computer.  Given the type of projects I work on (screen
  >editors, artificial intelligence, compilers, etc.) the 6300 simply
  >doesn't have either the cycles, the disk, or the memory that I need.

	You don't sound like a freshman, or even a sophomore to me. 
Keep in mind that the basic system is adequate for all of the students
for several years, at least.  As far as doing AI and other more involved
types of activities, remember two things:

	1.) It can make a good workstation to communicate with the bigger
	   resources on campus.

	2.) Seven expansion slots.  They may not be good for 20 MHz, but
	   there's still a lot that can be done with them.

The 6300 will certainly never offer the power of a SUN, but it is felt to
be a suitable workstation for the vast majority of the applications that
will be run by undergraduates, including CS majors.


-- 
David T. Punia, Engineering Specialist, Univ. of Vermont CS/EE dept.			
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