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From: dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: The NeXT Problem
Keywords: truth, justice, the american way
Message-ID: <545@fabscal.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 03:04:01 GMT
References: <26435@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5498@juniper.uucp> <3884@encore.UUCP>
Reply-To: dorn@fabscal.UUCP (Alan Dorn Hetzel, Jr.)
Organization: Fabscal Systems
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A couple of following comments:

1) Re: ISDN connector if they meant it for dorm use.
   Nope, ISDN isn't stabilized yet (I know that firsthand)
   They included an embedded Ethernet connection, which is probably better
   anyway for an on-campus environment.

2) Re: intended audience on campus...

   1) backing up disks --- some of the machines can have two drives.
      that is an available option.  Also, nothing says that the students
      *have* to keep their files on the optical disk instead of file 
      server, or can't keep copies in multiple places.

   2) disk cost ..  hey, a couple boxes of decent floppies can set you back
      almost that much.  (let's not even discuss textbook costs here)

   3) Don't forget the professor/researched as an intended audience.
      The 56001 DSP chip should be very attractive to some engineering
      types...

 Well, you get the idea....  there are many faces to this thing.

 It will be fun to watch how it performs in the market.

Dorn
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