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From: steveg@hammer.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.works
Subject: Re: New Tektronix 4.2bsd Workstations??
Message-ID: <955@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 7-Oct-84 05:52:14 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  7 05:52:14 1984
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Specs on the Tek 6000 Workstations are as follows:

There are 6 models in 2 series.  All members use the National 32000
series CPUs.  Our version of Unix (TM), called UTek is based on 4.2
with lots of System V stuff pulled over.

The 6100 series coes in 3 models (all 32016 based):

	6110	execute only box runing a real time operating system
		256K RAM, 360K floppy

	6120	mini-UTek with an interactive basic compiler/intereter
		layered on top (kernel is complete just a subset of
		utilities due to disk space limitations).
		1MB RAM, 10MB disk, 360K floppy

	6130	Standard UTek based workstation, 1MB memory, 20 MB disk,
		360K floppy.

	All 6100 series come with 2 RS-323-C Async ports, medium speed
	GPIB, IEEE 802.3 LAN (ethernet).  Available options include
	display (640 x 480 13" color or 640 x 480 15" monochrome),
	printer and hardcopy interfaces (centronics compatable), general
	purpose parallel ports, high speed GPIB, additional serial
	ports, SCSI interface, and PC coprocessor (runs MS-DOS).

	The display includes an additional 32016 CPU.  Options are
	available to substitute either a 10, 20, 40, or 80 Mbyte disk
	for the standard drive.  An external 40 Mbyte cartridge tape
	is also available.

The 6200 series also comes in 3 models.  All contain a 32016 based I/O
processor (2 ST560 style disk, LAN, 3 RS-323-C async ports, 1
RS-232-C/RS-422 async/sync port, centronics compatable printer/hardcopy
port, SCSI interface for internal tape and floppy).

	6205	32016 based system, 1MB ram, 40 Mbyte disk, 5 slot cage

	6210	32032 based system, 1MB ram, 40 Mbyte disk, 7 slot cage

	6212	dual 32032 based system, 4MB ram, 80 Mdisk, 7 slot cage

	The 6200 series display contains an independant 32016 (or 32032)
	processor (with up to 12 Mbytes of RAM), a microcoded display
	list processor (for both BitBlt and line drawing primitives).
	Screen is a 19 inch screen 1024 x 768 pixels color or monochrome.

	Available options include:

		additional disk drive (40 or 80 Mbytes)
		substitute standard drive for an 80
		various expansion ram configurations
		multibus adapter providing connectoins for
			SMD disk controller w/ up to 4 280 Mbyte drives
			9-track tape controller for 1600 BPI streaming drive
			versatec printer/plotter interface
		additional printer and hardcopy interfaces (centronics
		compatable), general purpose parallel ports, high
		speed GPIB, additional serial ports, SCSI interface

All display systems come with a keyboard and mouse.  Tablets are also
available.

We have done a significant ammount of work in software.  UTek is a 4.2
based system.  We have added shared memory between processes (fork is
now done with copy on write, vfork is gone), a distributed file system
(you can even cd to a remote directory).  We have cleaned up the
network server area (we have a tcp server instead of having 20 or so
proceses around waiting for connections).  We use the MDQS print
spooler and the MH mailer (with sendmail underneath)

Manuals have gotten a thorough going over.  There are many new
tutorials.  Man pages have been verified against the code for accuracy
(including error returns, error messages, etc.).  Examples have been
added to many of the manual pages.

For further details, contact your local Tek sales office or call
(800)547-1512 (in Oregon call (800)452-1877).

Steve Glaser, Tektronix ECS Engineering, tektronix!steveg