hsc@mtuxo.UUCP (h.cohen) (05/20/86)
UNIX SVR2 for the PC6300 PLUS is now orderable. It includes full SVR2 functionality, plus a nice user interface, an excellent editior/wordprocessor, and the Simul-Task feature that lets you install MS-DOS 3.1 under the UNIX filesystem and run MS-DOS software as a UNIX process. Delivery will initially be four weeks from date of order, diminishing to one week by mid-June. In addition to the standard 20MB hard disk + 1.2MB floppy configuration, you need a 512KB chip set (AT&T order code 37561, $195 list price) to bring the motherboard up to a full 1MB of memory. The order code for UNIX is 1111-UX1. The list price is $195. The order code for the UNIX Development Set (C compiler, assembler, lint, make, lex, and so on) is 1111-DT1, list price $395. Other goodies include INFORMIX 1111-RDB $895 C-ISAM 1111-ISM $245 RM/COBOL 1111-CB2 $595 RM/COBOL runtime 1111-CBR $195 RM/FORTRAN 1111-F04 $795 CrystalWriter PLUS 1112-CWP $695 Professional Writer's Package 1112-PWP $595 File-It 1112-FIT $295 UltraCalc 1112-UCL $395 UNIX User Reference Man 1610-223 $ 60 Integrated Software Development Guide 1610-224 $ 60 Heavy users may also want a memory board (37555, $795 list) which comes with 0.5MB and is expandable to 2.0MB. Each 0.5MB on the board can be switch-set to be either serial memory (addressable by UNIX) or paged memory (addressable by Lotus 123, Deskview, and some other MS-DOS applications). Advanced telephone manager and Email software will be out next month, plus some surprising applications software. I will post more then. Harvey S. Cohen, AT&T-IS PC6300 PLUS product mgmt. mtuxo!hsc
kim@emory.UUCP (Kim Wallen {Psychology}) (05/21/86)
In article <1606@mtuxo.UUCP> hsc@mtuxo.UUCP (h.cohen) writes: >UNIX SVR2 for the PC6300 PLUS is now orderable. >It includes full SVR2 functionality, plus a nice user interface, >an excellent editior/wordprocessor, and the Simul-Task feature >that lets you install MS-DOS 3.1 under the UNIX filesystem and >run MS-DOS software as a UNIX process. >Delivery will initially be four weeks from date of order, >diminishing to one week by mid-June. >In addition to the standard 20MB hard disk + 1.2MB floppy >configuration, you need a 512KB chip set (AT&T order code >37561, $195 list price) to bring the motherboard up to a full >1MB of memory. >Harvey S. Cohen, AT&T-IS PC6300 PLUS product mgmt. >mtuxo!hsc This system looked very nice at COMDEX Atlanta. The integration of UNIX and MS-DOS was better than I had expected and was almost seamless. Now that Simul-Task is orderable what does this mean for those of us holding certificates for a free version (purchased our PC6300 plus before December)? Will we still be receiving a notice in the mail of how to get it? Not to take anything away from AT&T's chip set, but the 18 256kbit chips needed to add 512k are available for about $60. We just filled out the sockets on a 6300-Plus and it went very smoothly and easily. The user's manual has clear instructions on the switch settings, even if it doesn't tell you exactly where to put the chips. However, there is only one set of 18 empty sockets on the mother board so it is not very difficult. One last question. Is the foundation set in Simul-task comparable to that in the UNIX PC (in terms of utilities included, not kernel)? What editors and shells come with Simul-Task? Kim Wallen Psychology department Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 {gatech akgua}!emory!kim P.S. I was glad to see the pricing on Simul-Task. I hope it has great success.