merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May21.123432.1630@hq.demos.su> sir@hq.demos.su (Sergey Ryzhkov) writes: >Are there anybody knows what is a computer ATT UNIX PC? >Some ammount of this computers appears in Moscow (USSR) now, >and nobody knows what is it. Off cause, there is some ammount of >documentations, but it is not for programmers... > >As far as I can understand this computer prodused (or designed) >in 1985. Is it usable anywhere in the world now? > >I am not regulary news reader, so if it is not hard for you >answer me to my address sir@hq.demos.su or sir@s514.ipmce.su. the AT&T unix PC is a 68010 based sys V (variant) unix box. for more info, please refer to comp.sys.3b1 (the Unix PC is also known as the 3B1, or the 7300 PC and is very closely related to the Convergent miniframe) they are in use. this posting is being generated on a 3b1. -- [ Jim Mercer work: jim@lsuc.on.ca home: merce@iguana.uucp +1 519 570-3467 ] [ "AIDS. Stick it in your head instead!" - Billboard seen in Toronto ] [ (it lost (gained?) something in the translation from french) ]
rlp@yosemite.Berkeley.EDU (Robert Platt) (05/23/91)
> >Are there anybody knows what is a computer ATT UNIX PC? > >Some ammount of this computers appears in Moscow (USSR) now, > >and nobody knows what is it. Off cause, there is some ammount of > >documentations, but it is not for programmers... > > > >As far as I can understand this computer prodused (or designed) > >in 1985. Is it usable anywhere in the world now? > > > >I am not regulary news reader, so if it is not hard for you > >answer me to my address sir@hq.demos.su or sir@s514.ipmce.su. > > the AT&T unix PC is a 68010 based sys V (variant) unix box. > > for more info, please refer to comp.sys.3b1 > > (the Unix PC is also known as the 3B1, or the 7300 PC and is very closely > related to the Convergent miniframe) The AT&T UNIX PC runs a version of UNIX that's somewhere between SVR2 and SVR3. It was built by Convergent for AT&T until around 1986. The machine was unloaded on AT&T employees and via liquidators (companies that sell surplus equipment) after AT&T stopped marketing it. It's still a useful machine (I have two) and wins the prize as the world's cheapest UNIX box. Here's a sample hardware Processor: Motorola 68010 - 10 MHZ (~0.75 mips) Memory: 2 Megabytes Hard-disk: 40 Megabytes Modem: 1200 baud (internal) I/O ports: 1 Serial 1 Parallel Display: 720x380 pixel monochrome bit map Keyboard + Three button mouse There's an active group of both hardware and software hackers around the U.S. dedicated to keeping the machine alive and useful. As the previous poster suggested, the best place to look for UNIX-PC information (including FAQ's) is the news group comp.sys.3b1 --- Robert L. Platt E-mail: platt_bob@mpd.tandem.com (Work) "Software is easy, rlp@cactus.org (CACTUS) comedy is hard!" halley!ceres!rlp (Home) ---------------- DDD: (512) 244-8904 FAX: (512) 244-8247 Snail-Mail: Tandem Computers Inc. 14231 Tandem Boulevard Austin, TX 78729-6699