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From: derek@sask.UUCP (Derek Andrew)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.research,net.cse
Subject: Re: First Summary of PC's in Education Survey
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Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 20:42:10 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 18 20:42:10 1984
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I believe the 8088 is the best choice a university in Canada can make 
today.  There is a lot of software out there to run on these things.
I can actually order it today and receive it.

I challange Henry to find a piece of equipment on the market today
which will not be obsolete in 5 years.  The equipment must be 
available to me today, and not in kit form.  In short, it must be
a complete system that I can order and run as soon as I power it on.

Perhaps one should wait a year to get the 16032, or maybe two years
to get something better, or maybe three years to get even better, or
maybe four years to get the best, or maybe five years to get even
better...

What am I supposed to use in the meantime?  Maybe I could order some
8088s then in a few years time buy something else.

-- 
Derek Andrew, ACS, U of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 0W0
{ihnp4 | utah-cs | utcsrgv | alberta}!sask!derek  306-343-2638  0900-1630 CST