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From: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: kit wishlist and software
Message-ID: <9788@tekecs.TEK.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 88 17:39:03 GMT
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Keywords: 32k kit, cheap unix.

In article <880@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> mch@cs.cmu.edu (Mark Hahn) writes:

>I think the board itself should be a simple design - emphasizing a powerful
>cpu, and minimizing io stuff.  Just cpu, mmu, sockets for tons of memory,
>perhaps a scsi (dma) interface, maybe a couple of serial ports.  Certainly
>no slots, no disk controllers.

No slots, and *maybe* a couple of serial ports?  Okay, how are you going
to talk to the thing?  Do they make SCSI terminals now?  What if you need
to hookup a parallel printer?

Simple yes.  But expandable!

Snoopy					Lord, won't ya buy me a '532 ?
tektronix!doghouse.gwd!snoopy		My friends all have Sun-4s,
snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com		I must go fast too.