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- From: terjer@ifi.unit.no (Terje Rydland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: RE-MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.074800.4541@ugle.unit.no>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 07:48:00 GMT
- References: <714823281.F00001@blkcat.UUCP> <92240.140752REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Ifi, University of Trondheim / AVH
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- In article <92240.140752REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
- writes:
- >Despite the fact that this is the wrong heading, I know ewright will
- >read it...
- > Post your best (even theoretical) numbers of
- >a) MIPS
- >b) MFlops
- >c) pixels/second
- >d) kB/second disk speed.
- >
- > You have $6000 to spend on a system and an OS (yes, we will pretend
- >Windows is an OS. OS/2, System 7 and Unix/X-windows all qualify. DOS
- >could be counted, I guess).
- > My offering, A customized, compatible: Texgraphics CIS-486/50E
- >
- > 50 MHz 486 with AMI BIOS, 256K 15 nS cache over internal 8k cache
- > 8 MB 60 nS RAM (upgradeable to 64MB on board)
- > Orchid Prodesigner IISE EISA (32-bit bus) 16-bit graphics card
- > capable of 1280x1024 resolution
- > AMI Fast Disk II caching SCSI controller (386sx-16 as a controller)
- > with 4MB disk cache - (This is like using a Mac Classic II as a
- > dedicated disk cache system for a Quadra!)
- > Cabletron Ethernet card (added to make up for Quadra's Ethernet expense)
- > Microsoft two-button bus mouse
- > NEC 14" 3FGx Monitor
- > Microscience 14 mS access, 676MB SCSI-II drive with 500K hr. MTBF and
- > 64K look-ahead track buffer.
- > 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port.
- > Math coprocessor (built in to 486)
- >
- > three available 32 bit slots for expansion.
- > Loaded with operating system (choose anything but System n (Mac) for
- > this puppy! OK- Unix would be BSD 386 freeware...
-
- I could for less than this price a Quadra 700 w/16" screen. The difference
- isn't
- all that big! And isn't it nice : I can describe a simlar Mac system to the
- one you just used 17 lines to describe in just 3 words! Sort of gives an
- idea of what Mac-people are talking about!
- You have just proved that a PC and a Mac cost about the same. GREAT!
- Then why should I buy a PC?
-
- Terje Rydland
-