Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!unm-ivax!eric From: eric@unm-ivax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: DEC micro marketing strategy Message-ID: <539@unm-ivax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Aug-83 13:40:43 EDT Article-I.D.: unm-ivax.539 Posted: Tue Aug 2 13:40:43 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Aug-83 00:07:29 EDT References: ecs.366 Lines: 29 I agree. The Dec PC has been handled really poorly. The hardware is old and obsolete. They should use an 11/70 chip (DJ11) at a minimum, and should have 32 bit processors offered as well. The 5 MB (now 10MB) is way too small; they should use some new higher density winnies. A twenty to thirty MB winnie is a necessary minimum. As for the 325, corner someone from DEC about how "expandable", useless and "Not recommended" this PC is. Last I heard DEC is telling its sales force not to sell this product. As for the operating system. P/OS is OK for someone who doesn't want to do computing, but racecar drivers would rather see UN*X, or any "real" operating sytem. Give me anything but P/OS. I have still been waiting to see anything but the CAI software. Our local DEC office can't even get a Pro with compilers, communications, or graphics for us to see. So I guess they don't have anything working. As for other software that the 11's run (OEM) last I heard 3 party contributions number less than a dozen. I guess DEC doesn't take the PC's seriously, and desire IB* and App*e to corner this market. Anyone can re-package old products and sell them with no software, but from DEC I expected more as this was "their market". In summary the Professional series is anything but. Eric Engquist