eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (09/19/90)
None of the just-announced offerings are FCC-certified as acceptable for residential use in the USA. -=EPS=-
melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (09/19/90)
In article <866@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes:
None of the just-announced offerings are FCC-certified as
acceptable for residential use in the USA.
-=EPS=-
Maybe they will be FCC-certified by the time the new NeXTs actually
ship. Moto. has pushed back the shipping date of the 68040 to late
Oct. or early November(i.e. at best). I don't suppose NeXT has an
88000 based machine in the works. The next generation 88000 is
suppose to crank. Nah, go with the MIPS's line of CPU's. They need a
little more protection. Moto.'s been having all kinds of problems
lately. They could really screw up NeXT!
-Mikebakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken) (09/19/90)
In article <866@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: >None of the just-announced offerings are FCC-certified as >acceptable for residential use in the USA. > > -=EPS=- They can't be so stupid as to price themselves out of the fairly big (IMO) home workstation market. I suspect such approval may be pending. I know when a Sun sales sheep talked to our user group about the SLC, he said that it wasn't home certified (I forget the FCC class) but that was in the works. Lets hope that this is the case with NeXT. -- Dave Bakken Internet: bakken@cs.arizona.edu Dept. of Comp. Sci.; U.of Ariz. UUCP: uunet!arizona!bakken Tucson, AZ 85721; USA Bitnet: bakken%cs.arizona.edu@Arizrvax AT&T: +1 602 621 4976 FAX: +1 602 621 4246
edwardj@microsoft.UUCP (Edward JUNG) (09/21/90)
In article <Fo4.1f52@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: [some stuff deleted] |Oct. or early November(i.e. at best). I don't suppose NeXT has an |88000 based machine in the works. The next generation 88000 is |suppose to crank. Nah, go with the MIPS's line of CPU's. They need a |little more protection. Moto.'s been having all kinds of problems |lately. They could really screw up NeXT! | |-Mike Agreed. Go with MIPS, NeXT. IMHO they scale better, have better compilers, and 64 bits can be yours with an open architecture to boot. It is arguably easier to make a MP system with MIPS cpus. You can get Postscript running on it (and Display Postscript from the DecStations). -- Edward Jung Microsoft Corp. My opinions do not reflect any policy of my employer.
manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis) (09/21/90)
In article <866@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: >None of the just-announced offerings are FCC-certified as >acceptable for residential use in the USA. Neither is their existing product. Of course, I don't live in the USA. In actuality, of course, there's no real problem with using a Class A computing device in a home. You might have a bit of a problem in a wood-frame apartment building, but it's pretty easy to put a crummy looking RF shield around it. I quite often have my NeXT and my PC running at the same time, and have never observed any TV interference or anything similar. -- \ Vincent Manis <manis@cs.ubc.ca> "There is no law that vulgarity and \ Department of Computer Science literary excellence cannot coexist." /\ University of British Columbia -- A. Trevor Hodge / \ Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1W5 (604) 228-2394
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (09/21/90)
I received a message from a high-ranking NeXT official stating that - NeXT intends to ship Class B-certified NextStations - their tests indicate that it will pass; they expect no problems - the FCC paperwork _is_ in progress I'm satisfied... no more mail on this, please. -=EPS=-