daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (04/05/89)
in article <700@adobe.UUCP>, greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid) says: > Where is the "mainframe-on-a-chip" architecture? I've been wondering this myself? Is that merely a Jobs buzzword for "we use DMA now, and only do 1/2 the busywork with the CPU"? I mean, maybe in comparison to a Macintosh, which even reads the stupid hard disk controller with the CPU, this NeXT looks "mainframe-ish". But at least from everything I've read, I don't see anything there that the rest of the world, excepting Macintosh and PClone, haven't been doing for years already. Could be I'm missing something -- if so, I'd like to be enlightened if possible. > Glenn Reid > (personal remarks, not company position) -- Dave Haynie "The 32 Bit Guy" Commodore-Amiga "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy Amiga -- It's not just a job, it's an obsession