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From: msc_wdqn@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Q. Naiman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Data general's 88000 machine
Keywords: 88000, DOS, UNIX
Message-ID: <1907@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 12 Jun 89 17:19:32 GMT
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Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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I am thinking of purchasing a Data General 88000 machine as an academic
workstation. The price sounds too good to be true for a machine loaded with   
memory, a 322 mb hard disk and other nice stuff. I would like to hear from  
the experts about whether it seems reasonable to expect a great deal of 
software support in the not too distant future. Are a lot of vendors           
writing software for the 88000? Will it be possible to run DOS applications   
by the year 1990?

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Please respond via e-mail or post news.

Dan Naiman - msc_wdqn@jhunix