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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Why is the RT slow?
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Date: 21 Nov 88 14:15:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Nov 21 08:15:00 1988



>Also, IBM won't stand still in this marketplace. Once IBM finds out REAL
>money can be made in the workstation market, they'll be here with a
>reliable, almost whizbang machine. Considering their quality control, I
>think they could come up with a real winner that doesn't come DOA or have
>random errors caused by the phase of the moon.

IF they could get some sort of good quality control they MIGHT
be able to get some sort of market. Note that , excluding 3090 class
machines, their market is slipping very badly. Perhaps that means
that they only care about 3090's, which they understand. But perhaps
it reflects the concern we have here about them : every machine
I know about here from them (including RT's) has been DOA or
died within a week of arrival. My machine died once the first day,
once the third day and once the eighth. And, every machine has
design (concept) flaws - especially the original RT!

And, as to long term quality control - every single PC-AT disk we have
has died! 100% failure!! (one lasted until last month).