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From: eric@unm-ivax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: DEC micro marketing strategy
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Date: Tue, 2-Aug-83 13:40:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  2 13:40:43 1983
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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