From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: X terminals: Suggestion for projects like SLS, MCC, etc. Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1993 05:30:23 GMT
ben@rex.uokhsc.edu (Benjamin Z. Goldsteen) writes:
>hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
>>However, I am trying to come up with a much cheaper hardware configuration
>>to match the B&W X terminal diskless configuration.
>Hmm -- you do not have to convince me -- I was just trying to fix
>up what I consider to be unfair comparisons...
You want consider what you want :)
>Since that $875 Xterminal
>runs QNX, I have to assume it is based on an x86 compatible chip.
No, it is not a x86 type chip. I am at home now, so I don't have access to
the specs, but it is a RISC chip with several ASICS (sp?).
>Therefore, I think we really have look at this as it really is -- a
>philosophical difference.
It is not necessarily the same as you imply; but the way various kinds of
equipment are marketed and applied do sometimes mask the underlying
similarities (or potential similarities).
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