And if you didn't need the extra power you could get all the suffering of a Sun box for the cost of a common office PC.
I think that's why I've seen very few workstations using it, but it's pretty common as a shared industrial system. If you need a single user system you'd just use DOS, if you need a powerful workhorse you'd get a fancier system, possibly some newfangled RISC machine, but if you need a multitasking system and don't need much power for any individual task it's ideal.
I think that's why I've seen very few workstations using it, but it's pretty common as a shared industrial system. If you need a single user system you'd just use DOS, if you need a powerful workhorse you'd get a fancier system, possibly some newfangled RISC machine, but if you need a multitasking system and don't need much power for any individual task it's ideal.