Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2e.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!hou2e!yosh From: yosh@hou2e.UUCP (M.CHING) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc Subject: Re: sanyo 555 Message-ID: <448@hou2e.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 12:27:14 EST Article-I.D.: hou2e.448 Posted: Wed Feb 13 12:27:14 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 02:27:14 EST References: <288@ssc-bee.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.micro:9373 net.micro.pc:3321 <> I have a Sanyo on loan to me and I have the following comments: 1) If your looking for an IBM PC compatible, forget it. Most everything that runs on the PC will not run on the Sanyo. 2) The Sanyo is slowwwwwwwwww. I believe that disk access is not DMA driven and hence a pain to wait for. 3) The Sanyo is cheap... so if your not looking to be in the mainstream of PC computing, this might be the machine for you. Dave Bloom Bell Labs, Holmdel