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- From: skank@iastate.edu (George L. Hall-Skank)
- Subject: Re: Power-up for AGA Machines! rumour.
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:01:37 GMT
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- >> Fat chance. Do you even know what the power requirements for that chip are?
- >>It's not just big, it's HUGE. It's not going to happen. Besides, the chip
- >>itself is very, very, VERY expensive - not exactly something a company that's
- >>conscious about price would put in a computer.
-
- Buzz!!! But thank you for playing! :-) I was flipping through a
- DEC rag just a few weeks ago and there are companies promising to release
- ALPHA based machines (running NT... :-P ) in '93 for less than $5000. I
- know the initial developer ALPHAs were quite expensive, but DEC has to drop
- the price of ALPHA to a level where it can compete vs. HP and Motorola
- processors. Basicly, it's a buyers market.
-
- --George
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