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From: bill@voodoo.UUCP (Bill Sears)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Why a Micro is not as powerful as a Vax
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Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 12:42:03 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  5 12:42:03 1987
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In article <1611@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>I was thinking the other day about how people claim that their Atari ST
>has the power of a Vax 750 and why this is bull because the power is
>not harnessed.  The Vax can be configured in hundreds of different ways
>to meet peoples' needs -- e.g. local choice of disks, ports, ram,
>networks, software, etc.  With the micros you are stuck waiting while
>somebody figures out how to hook things up.  (Now they are all trying
>to figure out how to retrofit multitasking and hook up read/write
>devices to the cartridge ports and turn the joystick socket into a
>network and such.)  Garbage!  It's a lot easier if you just do it right
>in the first place.
Here here!!!  I get tired of people saying that they can configure their
computer to outperform a vax.  It sort of reminds me of the BMW commercial
where all of these "inexpensive" cars are "just as good as a BMW" or "BMW
would make one like this" or "You think BMW has high tech...", etc.  There
is no substitute for the "real thing".

Just blowin' off some steam.  I had to go back to work today. 8-(

These are my opinions if you want 'em you can have 'em.

-- 
	Bill Sears			....uw-beaver!ssc-vax!voodoo!bill

	Masochist's Battle Cry - Stop it again!!!  Quit it some more!!!