joe@dual.UUCP (Joe Weinstein) (06/28/86)
Joseph Weinstein
Dual Systems Corp.
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, Ca. 94702
415-549-3854
Hi.
This is a stab at some cheap marketing research.
Would you be interested in a small, FAST UNIX desktop:
* UNIX V.2.2 ( virtual memory ) with fast file system.
* Motorola 68020 at 20 MHZ. VME bus-based.
* 4 meg. on the C.P.U.
* SCSI 80 Mbyte hard disk.
* 60 meg. cartridge tape drive.
* 4 ports.
* Under 10,000 $ and no bigger than an IBM PC-AT ?
Write me or call me. If I get enough yes votes, we're
gonna build it.
Thank You For Your Support...
Joe Weinsteinhartley@uvm-gen.UUCP (Stephen J. Hartley) (06/30/86)
> This is a stab at some cheap marketing research. > Would you be interested in a small, FAST UNIX desktop: > Write me or call me. If I get enough yes votes, we're > gonna build it. I vote yes. Go ahead and build it.
sda2228@ritcv.UUCP (Computer Science House) (06/30/86)
Joe, No, but the following under-desk box should interest everyone! 33 Mhz CLIPPER Module, from Fairchild. (Maybe a 2-3 Mip CPU as an I/O processor.) 4Mb Zero wait-state Main memory. Also some high-speed memory for Kernel internals. At least, a 1/2Gb Fuji-Eagle. 4 serial ports with full modem control. High-resolution bit-mapped graphics terminal. 2 parallel ports. Full Ethernet utilizing fiber optics as the medium. Running a Version 8.0 Unix kernel with Berkeley enhancements, and a full NFS implementation. Let us know and spread the word, as we are implementing this type of system for Computer Science House (CSH), in prototype form, for under $20,000. Frank, Computer Science House, ARG Paul, Rochester Institute of Technology Steve, Rochester, NY 14623 Brad. (716) 475-3305
nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) (07/01/86)
> This is a stab at some cheap marketing research. > Would you be interested in a small, FAST UNIX desktop: > Write me or call me. If I get enough yes votes, we're > gonna build it. > > I vote yes. Go ahead and build it. Look out -- this sounds very much like the "electronic stethescope" idea -- use new technology to do an old job, better, and bounce it off people first to make sure they'll buy it. Let's see -- we could use a good microphone, and a small hi-fi amplifier, and really good headphones, and make an ELECTRONIC STETHESCOPE for doctors and make $$$$! We'll even build a prototype and take it around to MDs to be sure they'll want it! Let 'em try it out, and see HOW MUCH MORE THEY CAN HEAR than using their dumb hollow tubes and mechanical diaphragms. So we do that, and the MDs say "Wow! Great! Never heard anything like it! Sure -- go ahead and build it." But don't, unless you want to follow the many, many people that had the same idea and lost their shirts. Why? Well, once you're in production and find it isn't selling at all, you might go back to the enthusiastic MD and ask him why HE didn't buy one. The answer: he had invested so much time in Med school and since, learning what things sound like through hollow tubes, he is not about to start all over again! He meant it was great for NEW MDs, who learn it from the start. Of course, they are taught by older MDs, who know what things sound like through hollow tubes ... Note how it costs nothing to say "Go ahead and build it." That attitude may well change when the price means real $$. Cheap market research is right. You get what you pay for. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU