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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Def of a workstation (a lark)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu>
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- Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 05:29:30 GMT
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- We all spend time with strange people for New Years..
-
- So I'm trying to explain to a friend who has just bought a
- new Gateway system (dx2-66, lb ATI ultra @ 1024x768, running
- ' OS/2) what a workstation is (he asked, because I was discussing
- the schools computer lab and used the word), and, well..
-
- Can anyone give me a definition of workstation, other than
- cost, that seperates it from modern high-end PC systems (in his
- case, one that cost no more than $3500).
-
- At first I was tempted to talk about UNIX or RISC, but these
- were less than satisfactory (UNIX because he could be running
- UNIX, and RISC sounds deficient--those old M68k based Suns are
- still workstations...and then there's the 386i...)..
-
- Anyone? Come to think of it, it's pretty muddled to me, too.
-
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- "Psalms 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want."
- Shepherds are for sheep. ----- Pain teaches.
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