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- From: andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern)
- Subject: Re: 100 Mips Intel NeXT.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.080610.10311@cubetech.com>
- Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.
- References: <92352.110046NLF102@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Dec17.193504.24815@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <92353.084626NLF102@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 08:06:10 GMT
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- In article <92353.084626NLF102@psuvm.psu.edu> <NLF102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- > Okay, good point. Why replace the DSP when you don't have to. If removing
- >it would lower the cost of the NeXT, then do it, but otherwise, sure, keep
- >it there.
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- With or without a DSP, a theoretical NeXT computer with some type of
- beefy processor, mulitprocessor support of some kind, a nice fat
- 288-bit bus for moving gobs of data around, and real sharp video
- circuitry is going cost much more than a NeXTstation mono 8/105.
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- andrew
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