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From: brooks@maddog.llnl.gov (Eugene Brooks)
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Subject: Re: R6000 PCs? [no, but later CMOS ones]
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Date: 13 Jan 90 03:59:23 GMT
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In article <34410@mips.mips.COM> mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) writes:
>	on its fans. So please stop talking about R6000-based desktops.
>	c) However, it is perfectly predictable that there will be
>	CMOS-based desktops with the same CPU performance, within a few
>	years.  Whether you call these PCs or workstations doesn't matter much.
John, I think that you are over estimating the time period in which a
Killer Micro is eaten by its children by about a factor of two.

What did the baby Killer Micro say to its mom at birth?
	"Look ma!, no fans!"

brooks@maddog.llnl.gov, brooks@maddog.uucp