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From: khb%chiba@Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - Sun Tactical Engineering)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: The NeXT machine has been announced
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Date: 25 Oct 88 19:08:36 GMT
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In article <28200214@urbsdc> aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM writes:
>

>Well, here is one person who *DOES* complain that his SUN does not
>have a floppy. I'm even going to the extent of pricing SCSI floppies,
>Bernouilli boxes, *anything* that is dismountable storage that
>I can have in my office.
>
>Centralized systems with big disks and tape backups are great,
>but there is no way that a cartridge tape is as convenient as
>a floppy for small objects. Especially if you've got a SUN 3/50,
>and have to walk to the other end of the building to use 
>a cartridge tape.
>
>Man, I think that every machine from a Gould PN to a Cray should have
>personal, dismountable, storage right in the office - in my terminal,
>if you will.

Have we (sun) got a deal for you! Trade up to a 386i. It has a 3.5"
floppy drive built right in! And it uses everyones favorite chip :>>>>>

Seriously, if (enough) customers ask for it. We do it. We even built
a '386 machine (--> we will do ANYTHING).

I am speaking out of my hat. Sun rents my opinons; I can't afford to
license theirs.
Keith H. Bierman
It's Not My Fault ---- I Voted for Bill & Opus