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From: earl@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Timex Sinclair DOS vs. CRAY-2 D
Message-ID: <216100092@trsvax>
Date: 25 May 89 13:30:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!earl    May 25 08:30:00 1989



/* ---------- "Re: Timex Sinclair DOS vs. CRAY-2 D" ---------- */
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]
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    The ultimate micro-prococessor is still the Motorola 14C500. It is a 
    low powered 1-bit cpu. It takes RISC it's ultimate conclusion, as it
    only has 16 instructions. Nothing else holds a candle to this little
    gem.

    [Note: the 14C500 is called a Industrial Control Unit by Motorola]

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"You were in the Clone Wars!", said Luke excitedly.
"Yes", replied Obi Wan, "I was a DOS programmer. But that was before the dark
 times, before OS2."