Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!pournell From: pournell@sdcsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: PC/IX and other Unix Systems Message-ID: <534@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Feb-84 21:32:00 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.534 Posted: Sat Feb 25 21:32:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Feb-84 08:22:19 EST References: <16686@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: U.C. San Diego; freelance writer Lines: 33 If you're looking for a real "PC engine", I suggest you look at the Eagle 1600 series. Extremely well-built, 8086-based machine, running at 8 Mhz.; comes with 128K and sockets (on the mother board) for 512K. This is its limit, unless you can convince the 8086 to read 8 bits at a time from the data bus. There's an 8087 socket, but you'll have to either slow down or wait for an 8 Mhz part. There are 8 PC expansion slots, all full-length. PC-DOs 2.0 now standard. Keyboard makes all the standard IBM sequences, but it's laid out differently (it's detached). Space for built-in hard disk, comes w/ a 96 TPI 1/2 hi 5-1/4 which can read/write/format IBM 40 trackers. hard disk either 10 meg or 40 from Eagle; standard SASI so you could use others. 2 hard disks (of either type) is normal max. COmes with monochrome board, serial board, parallel (centronics) board. IT's designed to be multi-user and take an 8-port serail board. The tech people have been really nice to us when we have called. The manuals have improved radically since their inception. I called Network Consulting, who have been porting Coherent to the various flavors of PCalikes. They say within a short while (<=2 months, don't hold them to it; call yourself) they'll have Coherent on the Eagle series. I'd like to hear from other users of the 1600, which I feel is a very capable development machine for those who like speed. It's not cheap, but it's extremely well-built and designed. Among other things, it has a real reset switch (!). Alex Pournelle