[net.general] DEC personal computers--info provided

jce (06/15/82)

According to the June 1982 issue of `Insight', a rag published by
digital to advertise new products, `Digital Unveils a New
Generation...Three Series of Personal Computers.'

The Rainbow 100 is a floppy-based CP/M system with two (unspecified)
uprocessors.  It is claimed to run both 8 and 16-bit CP/M software
`designed to run on eitherZ80- or 8088-based systems.' So the
processors are probably z80 and 8088.

The DECmate II is  an office management system which `provides
comprehensive executive management, word processing, and accounting
features at your fingertips.'  It is menu driven and has a calendar,
telephone directory, and can communicate with systems running DEC's
WPS-8 software.

The Professional series uses 11/23 and 11/24 (there are two models, the
325 and the 350).  The o.s., called P/OS, is based on RSX-11M.  It has
a 5 meg winchester, bit-mapped video, and supports communication with
VAX/VMS, RSX-11M, M+, or any other Professional series computer.
There's a tool kit that has junk like RMS, FMS, sort, and graphics
subroutines.  There are also `language compilers that run on RSX- or
VAX/VMS-based systems.'

John Eldridge	harpo!floyd!jce