cmilono@netcom.COM (Carlo Milono) (06/23/91)
What with the merger happening, significant changes in products, and uncertain support policies, what about a new group? I realize that there will be venerable AT&T microcomputers humming for many a year from now, and so perhaps this group should survive, but some of the new products on the horizon (from NCR/AT&T) are really exciting - the 3450 and 35/26/3700's...I don't know much about their 'PCs' yet, except that NCR bullied AT&T into the Microchannel architecture. The 3B2 family will live for a piece and an upgrade to a MIPS CPU is due shortly. -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Carlo Milono | | Personal: cmilono@netcom.com or apple!netcom!cmilono | | Hobbes: "Life in the Great Suburban Outback is certainly fraught with | | peril." | | Calvin: "If you'd seen it, you'd have been scared too." | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) (06/27/91)
In article <1991Jun23.014738.6362@netcom.COM> cmilono@netcom.COM (Carlo Milono) writes: >What with the merger happening, significant changes in products, and >uncertain support policies, what about a new group? I realize that >there will be venerable AT&T microcomputers humming for many a year from >now, and so perhaps this group should survive, but some of the new >products on the horizon (from NCR/AT&T) are really exciting - the >3450 and 35/26/3700's...I don't know much about their 'PCs' yet, except >that NCR bullied AT&T into the Microchannel architecture. The rumor mill sayeth that NCR is going to engulf and devour AT&T's computer business, so the days of comp.sys.att, AS A NEWSGROUP WHICH REFLECTS THE REAL MARKETPLACE, are definitely numbered. Of course, maybe 3B's will become "cult classics" on the Net, just like UNIX-PC's did... >The 3B2 family will live for a piece and an upgrade to a MIPS CPU >is due shortly. The 3B2/WeCo family, as a competitive line, is already dead. The fact that no R4 port will be offered for it is merely a nail in its coffin. The 3B2/MIPS family is a -different- family, with the questionable "feature" of being compatible with the over-priced, under-performing peripherals of the 3B2/WeCo family. Whoopee. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kevin@cfctech.cfc.com | Kevin Darcy, Unix Systems Administrator ...sharkey!cfctech!kevin | Technical Services (CFC) Voice: (313) 759-7140 | Chrysler Corporation Fax: (313) 758-8173 | 25999 Lawrence Ave, Center Line, MI 48015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
kozowski@ohsu.edu (Eric Kozowski) (06/27/91)
In article <1991Jun26.223640.5546@cfctech.cfc.com> kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) writes: >In article <1991Jun23.014738.6362@netcom.COM> cmilono@netcom.COM (Carlo Milono) writes: > >The 3B2/WeCo family, as a competitive line, is already dead. The fact that no >R4 port will be offered for it is merely a nail in its coffin. > Not true. A R4 port is available right now (in source version) and a binary version is to be available in July. -- Eric Kozowski kozowski@ohsu.edu Networks & Computing Dept. Oregon Health Sciences University
mkd@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (mark.k.darby) (06/27/91)
In article <1991Jun23.014738.6362@netcom.COM>, cmilono@netcom.COM (Carlo Milono) writes: > What with the merger happening, significant changes in products, and > uncertain support policies, what about a new group? I realize that Comp.sys.ncr already exists....I suppose as the computer lines converge, we'll see more of this activity there. I don't doubt that comp.sys.att will now have a finite life span. I assume that it will continue to exist for pre-merger system news/support/etc.....? > 3450 and 35/26/3700's...I don't know much about their 'PCs' yet, except > that NCR bullied AT&T into the Microchannel architecture. I've been told that NCR does have some AT-style boxes. I don't know any specifics yet. > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Carlo Milono | > | Personal: cmilono@netcom.com or apple!netcom!cmilono | > | Hobbes: "Life in the Great Suburban Outback is certainly fraught with | > | peril." | > | Calvin: "If you'd seen it, you'd have been scared too." | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Mark Darby AT&T StarLAN Hardware Development Lincroft, NJ mkd@mtung.att.com