aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM (10/17/88)
>Funny, no one is complaining that their SUN 3/60 doesn't have a floppy >disk on it. Why should the NeXT box? Or do you think this is just a >super-duper IBM-PC? I thought that this thing was a WORKSTATION targeted >at Universities.. some some PC or Mac clone. > >Excuse me if I offended those of you who think PC and Mac class machines >are workstations. Hey, I've got an Amiga 2000 at home, and I don't delude >myself in thinking of it in the same class as a Sun or MicroVAX. > >Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU >University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming Well, here is one person who *DOES* complain that his SUN does not have a floppy. I'm even going to the extent of pricing SCSI floppies, Bernouilli boxes, *anything* that is dismountable storage that I can have in my office. Centralized systems with big disks and tape backups are great, but there is no way that a cartridge tape is as convenient as a floppy for small objects. Especially if you've got a SUN 3/50, and have to walk to the other end of the building to use a cartridge tape. Man, I think that every machine from a Gould PN to a Cray should have personal, dismountable, storage right in the office - in my terminal, if you will. Andy "Krazy" Glew. at: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Champaign-Urbana Development Center (formerly Gould CSD Urbana Software Development Center). mail: 1101 E. University, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. email: (Gould addresses will persist for a while) aglew@gould.com - preferred, if you have MX records aglew@fang.gould.com - if you don't ...!uunet!uiucuxc!ccvaxa!aglew - paths may still be the only way My opinions are my own, and are not the opinions of my employer, or any other organisation. I indicate my company only so that the reader may account for any possible bias I may have towards our products. PS. I promise to shorten this .signature soon.
khb%chiba@Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - Sun Tactical Engineering) (10/26/88)
In article <28200214@urbsdc> aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM writes: > >Well, here is one person who *DOES* complain that his SUN does not >have a floppy. I'm even going to the extent of pricing SCSI floppies, >Bernouilli boxes, *anything* that is dismountable storage that >I can have in my office. > >Centralized systems with big disks and tape backups are great, >but there is no way that a cartridge tape is as convenient as >a floppy for small objects. Especially if you've got a SUN 3/50, >and have to walk to the other end of the building to use >a cartridge tape. > >Man, I think that every machine from a Gould PN to a Cray should have >personal, dismountable, storage right in the office - in my terminal, >if you will. Have we (sun) got a deal for you! Trade up to a 386i. It has a 3.5" floppy drive built right in! And it uses everyones favorite chip :>>>>> Seriously, if (enough) customers ask for it. We do it. We even built a '386 machine (--> we will do ANYTHING). I am speaking out of my hat. Sun rents my opinons; I can't afford to license theirs. Keith H. Bierman It's Not My Fault ---- I Voted for Bill & Opus