Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Powerful machines at home (was Re: R.I.P. BYTE:) Message-ID: <4664@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 6 Sep 88 22:32:02 GMT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.4664 References: <1988Sep2.181008.6537@ateng.uucp> Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 21 in article <1988Sep2.181008.6537@ateng.uucp>, chip@ateng.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) says: > Keywords: BYTE, subscription, letter, fed up, POWER USERS > Who said anything about $5k? A decent Xenix/286 or Microport system can > be had for $3k. The thread was talking about machines significantly more powerful than an AT box. It was also a good point on what you can get used if you put together your own system -- your $3k AT system isn't going come with support for 16 users, 4-8 megs of RAM, and 700+ megs of hard disk space, like the mentioned 68020 UNIX system. And even if you add all that extra stuff, you're still stuck with a 16 bit machine running 16 bit UNIX. What's a base priced '386 UNIX machine going to run? > Chip Salzenberg or > A T Engineering My employer may or may not agree with me. -- Dave Haynie "The 32 Bit Guy" Commodore-Amiga "The Crew That Never Rests" {ihnp4|uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy "I can't relax, 'cause I'm a Boinger!"