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- From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: SONY NEWS WORKSTATION
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.140854.823@ukw.uucp>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 14:08:54 GMT
- References: <5828@balrog.ctron.com> <1992Nov5.041906.13663@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
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- svfenge@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Steven Fenger) writes:
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- >In article <5828@balrog.ctron.com> gdelong@ctron.com (Gary Delong) writes:
- >>I've been asked about a "SONY NEWS WORKSTATION".
- >>
- >>It was suggested that it is a SPARC clone,
- >>
- >>Can anyone fill me in on this box?
-
- >Don't know too much about it, but it is absolutely NOT a SPARC clone.
- >What it actually is I'm not sure. The last time I heard it hadn't
- >gotten outside of the Asian market.
-
- The first Sony News boxes used 68030, I believe. They later switched
- to MIPS. The Sony News line is no longer marketed in Europe. I believe
- Sony stoppped this business. It never took off.
-
- >I do know that a trade mark violation with Sony News was the reason Sun
- >spelled NeWS like they did. I also don't know if Sony News is like Sun
- >NeWS.
-
- Sun's NeWS predates Sony's News. The MiXEd cAPiTAlisATion is a marketing
- gimmick. NeWS means Network extensible Window System. Don't ask me why
- "extensible" is not capitalized. Maybe they thought it's only "a little
- extensible" ;-)
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