sue@burdvax.UUCP (Sue Mardinly) (02/09/84)
Does anybody have any opinions on the Rainbow 100? Likes or dislikes? Comparisons to the IBM PC or Tandy 2000. (even the Mac). I don't know much about this machine, but my gut impression is that I don't like it. (I don't know why). I am considering purchasing a tandy 2000, but I want to check out other possibilities first. How about the TI Professional? Is there much commerical software for either of these machines? How come nobody posts articles about them? Are they that unpopular? why? Thanks for the info! Sue Mardinly SDC - a Burroughs Company - Paoli, Pa. burdvax!sue
sherouse@unc.UUCP (02/10/84)
>> Does anybody have any opinions on the Rainbow 100? Likes or dislikes? >> Comparisons to the IBM PC or Tandy 2000. (even the Mac). I don't know >> much about this machine, but my gut impression is that I don't like it. >> >> Sue Mardinly >> SDC - a Burroughs Company - Paoli, Pa. >> burdvax!sue >> Well, DEC is *giving them away* with the purchase of systems (our new VAX, at least). That can only mean that NOBODY likes them. At any rate free is a good price for a VT-220 with or without a couple of extra microprocessors. << The views expressed are my own and should be everyone else's. >> (the real) George W. Sherouse <decvax!duke!mcnc!unc!sherouse>
avsdT:deborah@avsdS.UUCP (02/16/84)
The only comment I have heard about the DEC Rainbow 100 is somewhat negative; the person I talked to called it the 'Drainbow 100'
THOMPSON@USC-ECLC.ARPA (02/23/84)
From: mark thompson <THOMPSON@USC-ECLC.ARPA> If you decide to use the rainbow as something other than a terminal, i think you will find it a reasonable machine (when compared to other CP/M or DOS machines). With CP/M, it runs both -80 and -86 programs without the user having to think about which they are running. The floppies hold a reasonable amount of data. Complaints: Far too noisy, esp. the disk drives. In contrast the IBM (yuck) PC is whisper silent. Keyboard is very nice, except for the keys that programmers use all of the time for editing (ESC, BS, LF). I have had to learn to type CTL-[, CTL-H, CTL-J. All in all, much more pleasant than the PRO in my office, but that is another flame... -------
grw@inmet.UUCP (02/24/84)
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inmet!grw Feb 22 13:43:00 1984
I don't know if people like the Rainbow. As to whether there is software
for it...I just received a catalogue of DEC PC software available from
DEC. It lists about 50 packages which seem to include all the latest and
greatest including 1-2-3 and Microsoft Windows. I don't know how there
can be anything BUT software for the stupid system, it runs CP/M in adition
to MS-DOS (I mean real old-fashioned 8bit CP/M) and I know that there's
a lot of software available for generic CP/M.
>From what I can tell the Rainbow seems to be short only in the game software
department. Anyway, why buy a Rainbow? Get a Rainbow 100+. It makes
more sense.
-- Gary Wasserman
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