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Re: CPU at Workstations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Louis Mandelstam)
Wed May 29 00:08:34 1996
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 21:36:00 +0200 (SAT)
From: Louis Mandelstam <louis@sacc.org.za>
To: Mark Hahn <hahn@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu>
cc: infoeng@trinidad.net, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199605242130.XAA15101@lh1.sacc.org.za>
On Fri, 24 May 1996, Mark Hahn wrote:
> > hardware X stations - they can be cheaper than PCs, and are designed
> > especially for this purpose so they are faster etc.
>
> I'm curious how you came to this conclusion. I have experience
> with HP X terminals, and they are uniformly slower and/or more costly
> than PC alternatives. a P5/100 with a decent video card can easily
> deliver 250k xstones for $2k or so. this is in the territory of relatively
> high-end (dedicated) X terminals that go for more like $3-5k.
HDS' ViewStation Ultra range (260k xstones) start $1800 (14" model)
Their 14" LX model (100k xstones) is $979
This comes from http://www.hds.com
Regards
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