ee150000@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (07/26/90)
Hi,
Here's some information on a new computer that is set to be introduced in
August of this year:
name: MM/1 (multimedia microcomputer) by Interactive Media Systems
cpu : 16 mhz 68070 (Signetics 68000 code compatible w/ serial port)
os : OS9/68000 (also called OSK) Unix-type operating system in graphics env.
graphics processor: VSC (Signetics) produces the following graphics modes:
320 x 200 256 colors out of 16 million
640 x 210 16 colors out of 16 million
320 x 400 256 colors out of 16 million (interlaced)
640 x 420 256 colors out of 16 million (interlaced)
720 x 510 16 colors out of 16 million (interlaced)
disk storage: 1.44 megabyte floppy
memory: 1 (one) megabyte of ram on motherboard
ports: 2 serial, parallel?, hi-res mouse input, joystick input, XT keyboard
floppy disk, video out (analog VGA true multi-sync, RS CM-8, composite)
bus: 32 bit bus (VME bus derivation)
included software: OS9/68000 V2.3 C Compiler, Basic, graphics editor, text
editor, file manager, print spooler
options: memory/stereo/scsi board (expands MM/1 by nine megabytes, stereo
sampling and production hardware, scsi interface)
CD-ROM with scsi interface?, ethernet interface?
price: ~$800 for base system, $349 for expansion board (when purchased at the
same time as the base system, otherwise $399)
distribution: retail, mail order
phone: (for brochure) 1-800-866-9084, 48 contiguous states only.
If anyone has seen this in action, could they post their reaction and any
corrections to the information above?
.