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Gregg.Glass@cmu-10b
Jun 12, 1981, 3:52:18 AM6/12/81
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A lot of you seem to think that a star is too much money and it might be
if all it could do was some wordproccessing but it can do a lot more.
It costs less then a perq and has a better display and some people at
Xerox tell me that it is faster ? Our design database system, when
running on a KA-10a can only support 2 people at a time. A perq or a star
would be much less cost. AND for the most used subset of operations it
would be faster. Even if only used as a terminal it would cost less then
the LSI-11 / Lexidata framebuffer that we are using at this time. The
more development that we put into systems the more high speed graphics
become importent.
The point that we are missing is that as the capability of the hardware
grows the application grows in step.
I think that the big flaw in the star is that they don't and will not sell
masa with it and therefore is totally useless for me and I would guess most
of us.
Greg
if all it could do was some wordproccessing but it can do a lot more.
It costs less then a perq and has a better display and some people at
Xerox tell me that it is faster ? Our design database system, when
running on a KA-10a can only support 2 people at a time. A perq or a star
would be much less cost. AND for the most used subset of operations it
would be faster. Even if only used as a terminal it would cost less then
the LSI-11 / Lexidata framebuffer that we are using at this time. The
more development that we put into systems the more high speed graphics
become importent.
The point that we are missing is that as the capability of the hardware
grows the application grows in step.
I think that the big flaw in the star is that they don't and will not sell
masa with it and therefore is totally useless for me and I would guess most
of us.
Greg
ChiNguyen.ES@parc-maxc
Jun 12, 1981, 5:09:32 AM6/12/81
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The language name is "Mesa".
Regards,
Chi.
Weinstock@sri-kl
Jun 12, 1981, 5:27:09 AM6/12/81
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I saw both the Star and the Perq at NCC. The Star's screen is larger. If
bigger is better then you are right, but my opinion (and a that of several
others I talked to) is that the Perq's display was crisper.
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bigger is better then you are right, but my opinion (and a that of several
others I talked to) is that the Perq's display was crisper.
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Gregg.Glass@cmu-10b
Jun 12, 1981, 9:14:05 PM6/12/81
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