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From: dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 6386 WGS - What does the suffix 'WGS' mean?
Message-ID: <244@westmark.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jul 88 02:50:34 GMT
References: <365@pyuxf.UUCP> <1403@lznv.ATT.COM> <25057@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
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In article <25057@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, brand@janus.uucp (Graham Brand) writes:
> I have seen the suffix WGS appended to both the 6386 and the older
> 6300 machines. Is it an acronym for something and, if so, what?

Work Group System.  It apparently signifies the network capabilities
and family nature of the product line.  The 6300 WGS is not the old
Personal Computer 6300.  It is a new physical design with new
packaging, that fits better with the rest of the WGS products.  It's
still an 8086 processor, but the uProcessor is on an `expansion'
board, and the `motherboard' is a passive buss.

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Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc.		The Man in the Mooney
Warren, NJ USA
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