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From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga marketing: Where, how, and why (Hard Disks, really)
Message-ID: <295@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 11:36:39 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 24 11:36:39 1987
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Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
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Summary: if you are in an NFS environment do you need a hard disk?

Keywords:nfs, ethernet


how to get a 4gb magnetic disk for $700? Get NFS. No need to run TeX
on your amiga; run it on the vax (latex amiga:mytexfile.tex). 
Imagine the ad: 
Mr. Pc PowerUser: " I have 70 mb on my pc. What
                    do you have on that toy Amiga?"
Mr. Amiga Goodguy: Oh, about 5 gb, last time i checked. Of course, 
                   as soon as the 3081 with TCP/IP and NFS comes one line
                   it ought to triple.
Mr. Apple Lawsuit: Yes, but i can share files with other Macintoshes!
Mr. Amiga Goodguy: I can share files with other Amigas, suns, vaxex, 
                   in fact any of the (big number) machines that 
                   support NFS.

You want to fit the Amiga into the corporate environment? 
THen you have to (buzz-word alert) interoperate. And, evidently, 
the amiga does, far better than the mac or ps/2. Surprising. 
More surprising that everyone has been so quiet about it!
ron


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Ron Minnich