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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
In-Reply-To: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu's message of 1 Apr 91 17:44:24 GMT
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In article <yorkw.670527864@stable.ecn.purdue.edu> yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) writes:

   Well all this Next Vs Amiga stuff IS SILLY.
   It;s not proving anything,
   I just have a few Q's about the Next.

   1) What's the $$$$$ of one ot those Puppies?

Retail: $4995 for NeXTstation  -- edu: around $3250
        $7995 for NeXTstation color -- edu: around $5500

   2) What's this i hear about it being almost impossible to get one
	   even IF ya had the $$$. (3 mo Backlog?)

There was a backlog at first because there were 20,000 immediate
orders and Motorola didn't have enough chips produced.

   3) Exactly what makes it soo cool?

Interface Builder.
DSP for CD quaility sound.
68040 for 15 mips and 2.5 MFLOPS of horsepower.
A 17" 92dpi greyscale monitor that looks really sharp.
  There are only 2 bits for greyscale, but it does look good.

The color machines have 4096 colors, but they monitor itself costs
$2000 with an educational discount.  Note the $5500 price includes
monitor.

Mathematica is free for educational users.  The Objective C compiler,
C++ compiler and debugger are also free(they're derived from the GNU
stuff).

Display Postscript.

   The only stuff i've seen about the NeXt is from an INFO mag.
   The main "Nifty" thin i i heard about was the DSP (Display Post Script)
   Monitor, (Just what everyone needs?), and a CD-Drive of some sort thae
   was to be REAL slow... What's new for it?

The optical drives are no longer used.  They were slow, but it was
nice having 233 MB on a single disk.  I have two that I still use.

   I've seen about 12 of the machines, but they were all in a computer lab
   and it's not a "public" acess lab. 

We have that problem here at Penns State.  You should talk to someone
about getting an account.  Play with the NeXT while you have the
opportunity(it's free).

   Gee i don't remember seeing anyone using the lab either......

That's what happens when you make a computer hard to access.  Put them
in a public lab where they average user can get to them and watch the
lines form.

   Well let's douse the flamage, and get some talk going.

When is Amiga DOS 2.0 going to be released for the A500?  I still
might get one.

-Mike
