peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (03/03/90)
> Uhhh, it isn't a microcomputer unless I can buy three of them for under > $10,000, and still have money to put gas in the car. That's a good way of putting it. I like to say a personal computer should cost no more than the down-payment on that car. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.uu.net>. / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'
mrm@sceard.Sceard.COM (M.R.Murphy) (03/06/90)
In article <ZQ:1N+5xds13@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >> Uhhh, it isn't a microcomputer unless I can buy three of them for under >> $10,000, and still have money to put gas in the car. > >That's a good way of putting it. I like to say a personal computer should >cost no more than the down-payment on that car. It's a microcomputer if you can carry it into another room. It's a minicomputer if you can push it into another room. It's a mainframe if you can't afford the room for it. -- Mike Murphy Sceard Systems, Inc. 544 South Pacific St. San Marcos, CA 92069 mrm@Sceard.COM {hp-sdd,nosc,ucsd,uunet}!sceard!mrm +1 619 471 0655