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- From: snail@lsl.co.uk
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- Subject: Re: Def of a workstation (a lark)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.185213.2921@lsl.co.uk>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 18:52:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan3.052930.27869@wam.umd.edu> <1993Jan3.235327.13718@qb.rhein-main.de> <C0o5Jq.3nM@dscomsa.desy.de>
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- In article <C0o5Jq.3nM@dscomsa.desy.de>, hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phill Hallam-Baker) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan3.235327.13718@qb.rhein-main.de>, vhs@rhein-main.de (Volker
- > Herminghaus-Shirai) writes:
- >
- > |>A decent workstation has IMHO *at least* the following items of which the
- > |>software can and does take advantage of:
- > |> a high-resolution screen
- > |> a pointing device
- > |> an ethernet connection (or token ring if your management was bribed ;-)
- > |> a UN*X operating system with TCP/IP support and a C compiler
- > |> a boot prom that allows for interactive diagnosis etc.
- > |> a decent amount of RAM and hard disk space
- > |> a tape drive for backups and data exchange as opposed to floppy disk
- > |> other items I may have forgotten (it's already tomorrow...;-)
-
- Looks like the Atari-ST bites the dust (I have one, but I don't think I would
- call it one either), but it also looks like the Atari 030 Falcon might bite
- the dust also, depite running UNIX and X (if you want). I'm not quite sure of
- it's specs, I'd love one for my sequencer...
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- snail@lsl.co.uk
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- "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless
- means to side with the powerful, not to be Neutral."
- Quote by Freire.
- Poster by OXFAM.
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