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To: Paul Engel who wrote (6692)	6/24/1998 10:03:00 AM
From: Carl R.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

Here are the uses for my cheap computers: Cash Registers: about 25 computers Accounting and Word Processing: about 5 computers Spreadsheets/accounting: 2 computers VM386 host (bizarre OS that makes 6x86 look like 5 8086s): 1 computer Dumb terminals for VM386: 3 computers (and a couple DEC VT-320's) File Server: 1 computer Home Computer: 1 computer If I were replacing them all of these computers today, all of these uses except the file server would be perfect candidates for sub-$1000 computers. I fail to see how one really good CPU would replace more than one of these computers considering that customer interaction times and keyboard input times are the bottlenecks, not the CPU. Could you enlighten me? Carl