Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!seismo!husc6!harvard!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!jade!eris!mwm From: mwm@eris.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: ST, Verrrrry Close (Re: PCs, ATs, DOS, Intel chips etc./ Reasons for unhappiness? Message-ID: <954@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 18:43:22 EDT Article-I.D.: jade.954 Posted: Thu Jul 10 18:43:22 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jul-86 01:47:20 EDT References: <563@imsvax.UUCP> <3921@sun.uucp> <567@looking.UUCP> <472@ccird1.UUCP> <580@looking.UUCP> <6851@utzoo.UUCP> <198@cci632.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mwm@eris.UUCP () Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 34 In article <198@cci632.UUCP> rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes: >In article <6851@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: >>> >... the first company to come out with 1280x800 (mono) graphics, >>> >1 meg memory, 1 MIPS, Virtual memory, and non-proprietary >>> >multi-tasking in a complete system for under $1000 will shake the >>> >market so badly, that the rest will have to follow. >>> >>> The Commodore 900 had all this for about $3K 2 years ago. They cancelled. >> >>More significantly, the Atari ST comes close now, and is selling pretty >>well. The screen is too small, there is no virtual memory, and none of >>the software multi-tasks, but it's close and later ones will probably >>be closer. >>-- >Actually the ST comes even closer. Multi-tasking is available through >RTX or OS-9. It has, or can be expanded to one meg, or even more (up to >4 meg on-board). The Amiga comes equally close ($1295 with the monitor), multitasking, and expandability to 8.5Meg. Color graphics and fantastic sound are freebies. :-) Still want to see OS/9 on the box, though. >Have you noticed how fast the prices have been dropping on the '86 >machines :-)? > >This is only the BEGINNING folks. Yes. This is the BEGINNING of an EXPONENTIAL curve. Seems you can by twice the machine for the price in 2-year intervals. By 1995, you should be able to get a Cray on your desktop, for < $2K. I can't wait!