ohbuchi@unc.cs.unc.edu (Ryutarou Ohbuchi) (01/25/89)
As I heard from a friend who's friend is working at SONY, it is
4.2/3bsd port, by SONY people.
They have various configurations, but their current systems are built
around either one or two 68030s, depending on the models. They have
various different display configurations, with/without disk drive in
the chasis, etc. The "feel" of dual processor 68020 NEWS according
to one of our professor who used it for a few month in Japan, was that
it was faster than single processor camparable models of SUNs.
They have X-window and GMMW ("Give Me More Window" window system
originated from Kyoto Univ.), NSF licsnsed from SUN Co., etc. They
of course support Kanji.
Sony NEWS workstation are very popular in Japan, and lots of software
venders are porting softwares on it. It is popular to the universities,
too.
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Ryutarou Ohbuchi "Life's rock." "Climb now, work later."
ohbuchi@cs.unc.edu <on csnet>
Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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