Re: SUMMARY: Why LX?

From: E. Mike Durbin (emike@sdc.com)
Date: Mon Jan 18 1993 - 08:54:03 CST


In article <1993Jan14.174805.18011@siemens.com> aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) writes:
>>- LX has onboard ISDN support, IPX doesn't.
>
>I've yet to see a description of ISDN that doesn't make it look like nothing
>more than a bunch of serial ports.
>
>>- LX has narrow/fast SCSI (max 10MB/sec), IPX has max 5MB/sec SCSI
>
>I'm skeptical that this matters in a workstation-class machine.
>
>>- LX has 16bit (CD quality) sound, IPX has 8bit (phone quality) sound
>
>Complex sound on a workstation is little more than an affection.
>
>>- LX has GX+ framebuffer (supports double buffering), IPX has GX
>
>Unless the sunGX.o file that Sun gives MIT supports it, it's useless.
>
>>- LX has onboard 10baseT tranceiver (but needs conversion cable
>> for AUI), IPX has only AUI (no conversion cable needed).
>
>Which means that I have to pay for the useless 10baseT tranceiver.
>

Geeeeesh. So buy the IPX!! It won't be EOL (end of life) for quite a while.

I'll buy the LX.

Big deal!

-- 
			E. Mike Durbin
Systems Development Corp.		Open Business Systems, Inc.
emike@sdc.com				emike@obs.com



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