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From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Timex Sinclair DOS vs. CRAY-2 DOS (was: AmigaDOS vs OS/2)
Keywords: flames wasted bandwidth
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Date: 24 May 89 17:10:50 GMT
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In article <503@dekalb.UUCP> greg@dekalb.UUCP (Greg Philmon) writes:
>Ya know, I don't know what causes people to do stupid things like buy a CRAY.
>
>Really!  It's should be very clear to all that you'd be MUCH better off with
>a Timex Sinclair!  Look at what you get:
>
[deleted some alphabet thingies]

<This is the future!  It's beats out AmigaDOS, it whips OS/2, and CRAY can't
<hold a candle to 'em!  Where else can you get such a low cost-per-user computer
<setup? 

Ever since I bought my Sinclair, I gave the Cray-2 to the kids for
games.

Problem is that the Sinclair is a bit pokey running X-windows, and I'm
still waiting for Wordperfect for the ZX-80, sigh.







          *** mike (still looking for a publisher) smithwick ***
Infinity Software, 1986-1989, RIP, (ha! ha! ha! haaaa!)

[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]