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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
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Posted: Sat Feb 25 21:32:00 1984
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Organization: U.C. San Diego; freelance writer
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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