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From: jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg)
Subject: Re: Anyone actually own an 040 Amiga?
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References: <+q2G9+1*1@cs.psu.edu> <AY$CM=K@irie.ais.org> <#n4G?uv*1@cs.psu.edu>
Date: Sun, 5 May 1991 22:07:10 GMT

In article <#n4G?uv*1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>In article <AY$CM=K@irie.ais.org> jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) writes:
>
>   B-b-b-but every sPARC except the SLC and possibly IPC has expansion slots,
>   something the NeXTstation is sorely missing, and should've been considered.
>   Also, what if one couldn't afford the boulder? They buy the Slab now, then
>   are totally phased out when NeXT switches to the 88000. (Or the planned
>   superscalar version...)
>
>Are you sure about that?  I thought that Sun's pizza boxes weren't
>expandable either.  I wonder how many people are going to upgrade
>their Sun 3's with Sun's 040 boards?  For those not in the know, Sun
>isn't offering 040 upgrades to people with Sun 3's.
>

I said every *sPARC*, not Sun 2/3/4's. Ever seen the motherboard shots of
sPARCstations? You'll see what I mean. They have S-bus slots. Looking at BYTE
Feb '91, even the sPARC IPC has two S-bus slots, which means the SLC is the
only unexpandable sPARCstation. (Of course, it's design prohibits this...)

The NeXT is a sorry excuse for a professional workstation.

>
>-Mike


-- 
Joseph Hillenburg
jph@irie.ais.org
