MCB%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (07/09/84)
From: Michael A. Bloom <MCB @ MIT-MC> Do you have a favorite small computer that runs UNIX? I intend to buy a machine running UNIX towards the end of the summer, and would like information to help me make a decision. Please tell me: What machines do you know of that have a decent UNIX implementation? What do you like best about it/them? What misfeatures are present? I'm particularly interested in info on 68K and 16032 based machines, but welcome info on others. 4.x would be a plus. So would a non-4.x system that nonetheless has job control. If you work for a manufacturer of UNIX based machines, send me a line about your product. If you own such a machine, please also write. If there is interest, I will summarize to the net. Thanks, Michael Bloom - mcb@mit-mc (arpa) - ..!vortex!ttidca!mab (uucp)
joe@petsd.UUCP (08/01/84)
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The Perkin-Elmer 7350 offers a 68000 under UniPlus~ derived from
System III. Up to 1.3MB of memory in monochrome, 448KB in color.
Has (720x256) bit mapped graphics - color version has palette of
27 colors in four planes. Includes 15MB Winchester and 2
Floppies. Up to Four RS-232 ports plus optional IEEE-488.
MenuMaker~ front end for easy access to applications. Optionally
available are VisiWord~, The FinalWord~, Supercomp-Twenty~,
UNIFY~, RM-COBOL~, and DI-3000 family of graphics libraries -
Graphs, Contour Maps, and Metafiles. Also, home grown personal
file system called The Record Keeper~.
Nice features are vivid colors, bezel mounted soft keys,
attractive prices start under $10,000, and growth path into
Perkin-Elmer Series 3200 running XELOS~, which is the first non-
AT&T System V Release 2 on the market.
"Misfeatures" are paucity of expansion slots (but look out for
announcement soon), only four ports and memory limit of color
machine (also soon to be fixed).
~trademarks
regards,
joe
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Full-Name: Joseph M. Orost
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US Mail: MS 313; Perkin-Elmer; 106 Apple St; Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
Phone: (201) 870-5844brent@itm.UUCP (Brent) (08/06/84)
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Let's clarify the Perkin-Elmer claim. Their System V.2
is *not* now on the market, and likely won't be till October.
If you buy one of thir 68K based Sys III workstations you can
currently migrate upward to their 3200 series running enhanced
Verion 7. How you'd migrate your software upwards (?) is up to
you.
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Brent Laminack (akgua!itm!brent)