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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: alt.next
Subject: Re: Ethernet?
Message-ID: <669@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: 15 Oct 88 00:32:15 GMT
References: <1100@vsi1.UUCP>
Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley
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>Maybe I missed it in the press release that was posted, but I haven't seen
>any reference to ethernet connection (or any communication medium).

The machine has Ethernet.  The hardware is NeXT-designed.  There's a
thin-net connector on the back of the CPU board.

>I'm also curious why anyone would want a 4 MIP machine with an 80 ms disk.
>Am I missing something obvious?

Nope.  Program startup times at the demo were noticably slow.  Once they
started, though, they were very fast.

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