Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!brahms From: brahms@spp2.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Data General/One Message-ID: <300@spp2.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 15:12:48 EST Article-I.D.: spp2.300 Posted: Wed Dec 5 15:12:48 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 04:55:09 EST References: <1835@sun.uucp> Reply-To: brahms@spp2.UUCP (Bradley S. Brahms) Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 36 Summary: >I'm surprised that nobody has commented on the Data General/One here. >Perhaps nobody has seen it yet? I did note that none of Byte's pictures >were with the screen turned on (though there were a few in the DG ad >in the front of the magazine), and that Byte said "until I could get a >video monitor for it, I wouldn't buy it". > >What's the scoop? Can you read the sucker all day or not? I had a DG/One for a day to test it out. In my office, with overhead lighting, the screen is very hard to read. The best lighting for it is to have a light behind you. I have heard, that they will have a different screen out sometime in the middle of next year. >I heard rumors that they're going to build in the 1200 baud modem (no >big deal these days) and offer Unix (presumably with a hard disk) or some >Uniclone. Another annoying feature is its 300 baud internal modem. Why they didn't use a 1200 I'll never know. Also, XTALK (the only vt-100 emulator that I know about for the DG/One), is poor when it comes to emulating a vt-100. Unix? I doubt it. If they added a hard disk, then they would have to add one of the new small ones (the DG/1 uses two 3.5in drives). Also, they are running on an 80c88, therefore, if they brought one out, I would think it would be Xenix. If you have the money, I would go with a Grid Compass. The screen is much easier to read in any type of lighting. The only problem, it is also a lot more expensive. -- Brad Brahms usenet: {decvax,ucbvax}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms arpa: Brahms@usc-eclc (The opinions above are my own, and may not reflect the opinions of my employer.)