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From: dgs@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Dan Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 9000/500 vs. Vectra with 386 CPU and 387 co-processor?
Message-ID: <18080001@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Jul 88 19:45:34 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO
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I have not had too much direct experience with 386 machines but what you
reported about performance is not unexpected.  The HP550 you have is quite 
old (as computers go) and the 386 machines are the latest high-end PCs out.
A Vectra RS/20 (or 25Mhz when it comes out) running some sort of UN*IX sounds
like it would meet your needs.  You can even get MS-DOS to run on top of 
unix and open DOS windows for any of the many DOS applications you want.

Dan Schmidt
HP Graphics Lab
Ft. Collins, Co.
dgs%hpfcdgs@hplabs.hp.com