eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (11/03/88)
good choice -- wait for more 386 machines running multi dos windows; sun won't be the only one to make machines like this; but don't count on fun stuff like SunOS to be included in any future clone super clones. -- harvard!spdcc!eli
cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) (11/04/88)
From article <2047@spdcc.COM>, by eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias): > > good choice -- wait for more 386 machines running multi dos > windows; sun won't be the only one to make machines like this; > Sun not only isn't 'the only one', they aren't even the first. Try a Convergent NGEN Series 386i, 20MHz, multi-DOS sessions... (a.k.a. Unisys B38) -- Clarence A Dold - cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (408) 435-5274 ...pyramid!ctnews!professo!dold MailStop 09-031 P.O.Box 6685, San Jose, CA 95150-6685
john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) (11/06/88)
In article <795@starfish.Convergent.COM>, cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) writes: > From article <2047@spdcc.COM>, by eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias): > > > > good choice -- wait for more 386 machines running multi dos > > windows; sun won't be the only one to make machines like this; > > > Sun not only isn't 'the only one', they aren't even the first. > Try a Convergent NGEN Series 386i, 20MHz, multi-DOS sessions... > (a.k.a. Unisys B38) > -- I beleive the Unisys B39 more closely matches this desciption. The B38 while being a 80386, only runs at 16 Mhz and only has a 16-bit data path to memory. It can however run MS-DOS applications with the appropriate emulation software. The B39, on the other hand, is a 20 Mhz 80386 with up to 23MB of 32-bit RAM and can run multiple DOS windows as well as BTOS II. There are also two X-bus card slots, an in-built 1.2MB floppy and your choice of 142 MB or 320 MB SCSI hard disk. John -- John Gayman, WA3WBU | UUCP: uunet!wa3wbu!john 1869 Valley Rd. | ARPA: john@wa3wbu.uu.net Marysville, PA 17053 | Packet: WA3WBU @ AK3P