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From: john@felix.UUCP (John Gilbert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Commodore's handling of the Amiga  [was Re: Apple stumbles...]
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Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 20:29:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 23 20:29:47 1987
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In article <4120@ccicpg.UUCP> harald@ccicpg.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes:
>	Well for the price of a hard disk, my Amiga has gigabytes of mass
>storage available to me. It's called NFS. I rlogin to multiple UNIX superminis
>simultaneously. No apples around here, just IBM PCs used as workstation
>front ends to VLSI CAD software. Not to mention SUN, Apollo, Mentor, etc.
>I run diskless, except to boot. As in no disk, hard or otherwise. I talk to
>$50,000.00 plotters, emulate Tek 4014 terminals to view raw raster bitmaps.
>All for less than Mac II with nothing. And yes, we are a business.
>Just what does apple have to offer in this direction? NFS? Anything?


Please!  I need to know where I can purchase multiple UNIX superminis
for the price of a hard disk! :-}

Seriously, should you be allowed to make such a claim and not factor in
the cost of the superminis???  I mean, you would be SOL without the hardware
you are talking to, I don't care HOW it's connected!

--
John Gilbert
!trwrb!felix!john