rupp@cod.UUCP (07/12/88)
I received the latest Damark catalog yesterday, and on page 5 is an interesting add. A "UNIX-PC" is for sale with the following features: * * .......... cost $1498.00 !!!!!!!!!! ............ * * four programs, Smart Spreadsheet, Smart Word Processor, Smart System (?), and Smart Data Base Management * multi-tasking * supports up to seven terminals for multiple users * 20 Mb internal hard disk * 1 Mb RAM * 68010 processor * 720 x 348 graphics resolution (illustration shows monochrome monitor) * Serial and parallel ports * built-in 1200 baud modem * connections for 2 telephone lines and third jack for conventional phone * "Complete technical support & more software from AT & T." * 90 warranty The illustration shows a mouse (mentioned in the header blurb), a 5 1/4" drive (I assume), and a detached keyboard. Next to the computer in the picture stand the four binders of the software packages included. The A.T. & T. logo is shown in an inset in the upper left hand corner of the illustration, and the ad mentions "UNIX-PC" and "multi-tasking," but nowhere is there any detail of the OS included with the system. Queries: 1. Does anyone know anything about this computer? Which model is it? Is it a close-out? etc. 2. If you are familiar with this system, do you know if memory expansion, peripherals, good software, compilers, etc., are available? Also, what about service? 3. Is it a good buy at $1498.00? I would appreciate any information on this offer that you could provide me. Bill Computer Sciences Corp. (at Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego) rupp@nosc.mil
mike@ames.UUCP (07/12/88)
In article <1156@cod.NOSC.MIL> rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. rupp) writes: >I received the latest Damark catalog yesterday, and on page 5 is an >interesting add. A "UNIX-PC" is for sale with the following features: > > * .......... cost $1498.00 !!!!!!!!!! ............ > * [ delete, delete,. . . .] > * multi-tasking [ delete, delete,. . . .] Wow! UNIX, and Multi-tasking as well? Geeze, what will they think of next! :-). -- *** mike (starship janitor) smithwick *** "Due to the Writer's Guild of Amierica strike, this signature is temporarily cancelled". [disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]
davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (07/13/88)
unix-pc is being discontinued. You can get one with 67MB disk and 2MB memory from an ad in UNIX Review (and other places). Software is extra, about $500, as I recall. I had one for several years and really liked it, but the disk was too big to backup to floppy as often as I wanted, and the tape drive was more than I wanted to invest in the machine. There's a whole unix-pc.all set of discussion groups. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. rupp) (07/19/88)
I have received quite a number of responses regarding the "UNIX-PC" advertised in the Damark catalog. It appears that the unit is really a model 7300. For $1498,00 one does not get the development package (C compiler, libraries, etc.). That package costs $400.00. The operating system shipped with this model is 3.51. I was referred to a number at A.T.&T., and the guy there was *very* negative about the UNIX-PC. Cordial, but negative (e.g., "We have no software for it."). While several users who responded have used this machine and like it, I personally have decided to pass. At least at a price of $1498.00. I appreciate all the responses. Getting information such as this on short notice is the biggerst virtue of participating in Usenet. Bill rupp@nosc.mil