[net.micro.68k] Personal Computers running UNIX

joe@petsd.UUCP (08/01/84)

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The Perkin-Elmer 7350 offers a 68000 under UniPlus~ derived  from
System III.  Up to 1.3MB of memory in monochrome, 448KB in color.
Has (720x256) bit mapped graphics - color version has palette  of
27  colors  in  four  planes.   Includes  15MB  Winchester  and 2
Floppies.  Up to Four RS-232 ports plus optional IEEE-488.

MenuMaker~ front end for easy access to applications.  Optionally
available   are  VisiWord~,  The  FinalWord~,  Supercomp-Twenty~,
UNIFY~, RM-COBOL~, and DI-3000 family  of  graphics  libraries  -
Graphs,  Contour  Maps, and Metafiles.  Also, home grown personal
file system called The Record Keeper~.

Nice  features  are  vivid  colors,  bezel  mounted  soft   keys,
attractive  prices  start  under  $10,000,  and  growth path into
Perkin-Elmer Series 3200 running XELOS~, which is the first  non-
AT&T System V Release 2 on the market.

"Misfeatures" are paucity of expansion slots (but  look  out  for
announcement  soon),  only  four  ports and memory limit of color
machine (also soon to be fixed).

~trademarks

					regards,
					joe

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Full-Name:  Joseph M. Orost
UUCP:       ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!joe
US Mail:    MS 313; Perkin-Elmer; 106 Apple St; Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
Phone:      (201) 870-5844

brent@itm.UUCP (Brent) (08/06/84)

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    Let's clarify the Perkin-Elmer claim.  Their System V.2
is *not* now on the market, and likely won't be till October.
If you buy one of thir 68K based Sys III workstations you can
currently migrate upward to their 3200 series running enhanced
Verion 7.  How you'd migrate your software upwards (?) is up to
you.
-- 
            Brent Laminack  (akgua!itm!brent)