Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!oucs!galen From: galen@oucs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Recent Motorola ad seen in Byte Message-ID: <532@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU> Date: Sat, 11-Apr-87 18:40:32 EST Article-I.D.: pdp.532 Posted: Sat Apr 11 18:40:32 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Apr-87 05:48:43 EST References: <362@sbcs.UUCP> <1466@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <580@plx.UUCP> <930@intsc.UUCP> Organization: Ohio University CS Dept., Athens Lines: 32 Xref: utgpu comp.sys.m68k:321 comp.sys.intel:132 Summary: (Donning asbestos undies) Flame on low! In article <930@intsc.UUCP>, tomk@intsc.UUCP (Tom Kohrs @fae) writes: > > I can see that a lot of people are going to start comparing the Compaq > 386 machine against the Sun 3/260. Just remember that the cost of a box > has a lot to do with how much performance optimization goes into the design. > The street price for a 386AT clone will be around $3500 by summer. That is > compared to an $8000-$50000 Sun machine. Price performace is still a rule > that we are stuck with. Or in other words, the CPU doesn't mean nearly as > much as the memory and I/O subsystems when you talk about performance. I > will be the first one to admit that the IBM PC and its derivatives are a > kludge. But don't blame the 386 for IBM's incompetence. Realistically, could a 386AT clone do everything that the SUN does. (Very high-res graphics ... 8| ) for the same price and give the performance? It also seems to me that IBM ** OWNS ** the majority of the Intel stock??? I personally perfer the 68xxx processors to any Intel processor. The instruction set is better in my opinion, and the registers are more versatile. (Flame off) BTW, why don't we set up a comp.sys.religious-wars or something and get this out of here??? (Flame others and self!!! 8) 8) ... ) #include -- ----S----N----A----R----K----S----&----B----O----O----J----U----M----S---- Douglas Wade Needham (614)593-1567 (work) or (614)597-5969 (Home) Electrical Engineering Dept., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701 UUCP: ...!cbatt!oucs!galen ** Smart Mailers: galen@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU