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From: kevin@lasspvax.UUCP (Kevin Saunders)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: 7300 comments sought
Message-ID: <530@lasspvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 17:40:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 18 17:40:53 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 06:27:08 EDT
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Reply-To: kevin@lasspvax.UUCP (Kevin Saunders)
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Organization: LASSP, Cornell University
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Keywords: evaluations, etc.
Summary: 

Since it's been a while since the UNIX PC was introduced, I was wondering 
whether anybody out there with experience with one would care to 
comment on the machine.  I've played with one for an afternoon, 
and it seemed like a nice machine (even with the slow 10MB disk), but 
it'd be nice to have some more depth.  

Software:  Is the windows package well-implemented?  
How do the graphics compare with those on other machines?  
(Somehow I expect GSS is not nearly as complete as 
QuickDraw on the Macintosh, and I don't really like that green screen--
the Mac has sold me on B&W.  OnTheOtherHand, an *operating **system** * 
is indispensable for most graphics applications!)  
Has anybody tried to use a UNIXPC running SUMACC 
for Macintosh development?

Hardware:  Is the system reliable?  Are the memory expansions to 2MB 
reasonably easy to acquire/perform?  ATT is supposed to announce 
larger (faster?) disks, tape drives, more serial ports, and 
a DOS (ho-hum) card.  Anybody atttending UNIX/EXPO hear 
anything explicit about this?

Prices?  What kind of prices could an academic institution get now?

Thanks very much for any info,
Kevin Eric Saunders

kevin.lasspvax.UUCP
lasspvax.kevin@cu.ARPA