[net.micro] Commodore Z8000 machine

hdj@burdvax.UUCP (03/03/84)

Rumor has it that Commodore will introduce its "Macintosh-killer"
Z8000 workstation later this month in Hannover, Germany.  It will run Unix,
have a higher-resolution screen than the Mac, a Winchester, and cost between
$1200 and $1500.

Or so they say.

H

lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (04/20/84)

The EE Times article was another of the confused variety.  Here is some
more accurate information on that machine:

1) It hasn't been shipped yet.
2) The standard display will probably be a 1K by 1K bitmap with a
   monochrome monitor.
3) The OS will be Coherent.  Since the base hardware is floppy-based, it'll
   have to be a somewhat stripped down version of Coherent, but there will
   be hard disk add-ons that will allow for running a full system.
   Obviously, a floppy-based system is going to be slower than a hard disk,
   but I've tried Coherent with floppies-only and it was reasonable.
   Hard disks are always nice to have (with any OS) of course.

4) The price is unclear at the moment.

--Lauren--