Samuel@SU-SCORE.ARPA (05/14/84)
From: Sam Hahn <Samuel@SU-SCORE.ARPA> [seen in 84/05/07 issue of EE Times... included here without permission from EE Times] Compupro to offer network, concurrent DOS at Comdex: -------- -- ----- ------- ---------- --- -- ------ At this month's Comdex meeting in Atlanta, Hayward, Calif.-based CompuPro Corp. will show options for its 816 series of multiuser microcomputers. A new networking scheme, using Datapoint Corp's Arcnet token-passing protocol, is one option that will be shown. The network will support up to 16 users on a CompuPro 816 system without the need for an intelligent, active central-processor box. CompuPro's multiuser, multitasking version of Digital Research Inc.'s Concurrent DOS will allow simultaneous 8- and 16-bit program operation. Designated Concurrent DOS 8-16 V3.X, the software uses Digital Research's SoftNet facility to create an integrated operating environment for the 816 computer. In this way, software and data formats can be easily shared between 8- and 16-bit programs. CompuPro will also show a new IEEE-696/S-100 bus graphics board at Comdex. The new board will allow S-100 users to generate IBM PC-compatible video output, in either RS-170 composite or red-green-blue color-video formats. The standalone graphics engine includes 16kbytes of video RAM, and supports high-resolution character sets in the color-display mode. ---end of article--- I personally know someone who attests to the board running Microsoft's flight simulator under the DOS emulation mode bug-free. Anyone else know about this board, and what it will and will not do for IBM compatibility? I'd sure like to get access to the IBM software world for my 816. -- sam hahn [samuel@score,shahn@sumex] -------