Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!orca!tekecs!patcl From: patcl@tekecs.UUCP (Pat Clancy) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: cheap 68K system Message-ID: <4145@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 20:45:28 EST Article-I.D.: tekecs.4145 Posted: Tue Oct 30 20:45:28 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Nov-84 04:12:22 EST Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 21 I have a blurb from Pinnacle Systems, Dallas Texas (214-340-4941), advertising the following for $4995: 12 Mhz 68000 512 K RAM (no wait state) 20 Mb hard disk Un*x System V MOSYS Modula-2 based development package, including native code compiler P-System Does anyone have experience with this system, or with Pinnacle? A couple of things make me suspicious: (1) they claim that a 12 Mhz 68K is a 3 MIP machine; (2) an MMU is a $500 upgrade, but 68010 is not mentioned, nor do they say what this means in relation to the Un*x port. Pat Clancy, Tektronix {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4,allegra,uw-beaver,hplabs}!tektronix!tekecs!patcl