Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!ehpcb!ehopper From: ehopper@ehpcb.WLK.COM (Ed Hopper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: help with at&t models Message-ID: Date: 17 Nov 90 16:27:43 GMT References: <11246@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: Ed Hopper's BBS - Houston, Texas 713-997-7575 Lines: 91 mward@blake.u.washington.edu (Mark Ward) writes: > Okay, here's the silly question of the day: > > I've seen a 6300, and the box like higher end machine(s) from at&t > I've also seen a strange critter running unix that was introduced to me > as the at&t unix pc, and also the 7300. Now I hear that the unix pc is > also known as the 3b1, which I thought was one of the two box versions. > (I thought 3b1 & 3b2). > > I'm completely messed up. Someone please clear me up on this, and explain > the differences(if there are any) between the 7300 and the 3b1, and the > 3b2. Here's the whole product line, with a few comments: 7300 - Motorola based UNIX PC oem'ed from Convergent Technologies. Discontinued some time ago and considered a failure by AT&T. Large and loyal cult following. UNIX PC - Same as 7300. (Note: Labelling on machines was actually changed mid-way through product life). 3B1 (3b1)- An upgraded version of the 7300/UNIX PC. Spotted by the "bubble" over the disk drive bay. Had 40 or 68 MB HDU and more ram. Intended to be a small multi-user platform, hence the "3b" name to move it out of the PC genre. 6300 - Original 8086 Olivetti Manufactured MS DOS PC. 6300 Plus - 80286 UNIX/DOS Olivetti built box. Non-AT architecture and memory map. Cult following. First simultaneous UNIX/DOS implementation. 6310 - 8MHZ 80286 AT Clone. AT&T Video (640X400). Olivetti 6312 - 12 Mhz 80286 AT Clone. Removable Video (Use your own card). Olivetti 6286WGS - 12 Mhz 80286 Olivetti. Small footprint. CPU on a card. (WGS=Work Group System) 6386WGS - 80386 Olivetti. 16 & 20 Mhz models. BIG BIG footprint. 6300 WGS - Updated 6300. 1.44 drives, VGA, 10Mhz 8086, 101 Key Keyboard, etc. ------- All of the above are discontinued --------------------------------- Current PC Product: 6386/SX - Intel Mfgr. 80386 SX clone. (being phased out now) 6386SX/EL - AT&T Manufactured. Diskless version available. Unix Available. 6286/EL - AT&T Manufactured. Diskless version available. 80286. 6386/25 - 25Mhz 80386. SCSI version available. Intel Manufactured. 6386/33 - 33Mhz 80386 Tower. UNIX or DOS (or OS/2 for the blue). Intel Mfgr. 6386/33S - SCSI, UNIX only version of the above. Intel/AT&T Mfgr. StarServer S - 33Mhz 80486 Tower. DOS/UNIX. Screamer. AT&T Mfgr (?) StarServer E - 1-4 33Mhz 80486 Tower. Huge Box. UNIX or Novell Server. AT&T Built Mini Computer Products: 3B2/300/310/400 - WE 32x00. Introductory small AT&T Mini. Rarely sold anymore but still orderable (I think). 3B2/500 - Faster, newer bus design. 18Mhz. 3B2/522 - 22Mhz version of 3B2/500. 3B2/600 - Discontinued. 18Mhz 3B2/700 - Discontinued. 22Mhz 3B2/1000 Model 60. Current Product. 22Mhz. 3B2/1000 Model 70. Same as 60, bigger RAM and Disk. 3B2/1000 Model 80. 24 Mhz. 3B5 - Old small Big format mini. Had 9 track tape, 8" SMD drives, etc. 3B15 - Upgraded WE 32100 version of 3B5. 3B20 - Few commercial sites. Primarily AT&T and RBOC internal use. Older technology. Was being built and used by AT&T prior to divstiture. 3B4000 - Multi-CPU version of 3B15. Had 3B2/600's as communication front ends. High speed bus to connect all CPUs. First commercial "BIG" machine. StarServer FT - Built by Tandem. Fault Tolerant UNIX. Yank a CPU, a drive and a memory card and it keeps going and going and going.... System 7000 - AT&T Version of Pyramid MIS Server. 3 Models, up to 12 CPUs. Biggest, hottest offering by AT&T. AT&T & Pyramid are co-developing enhancements to this machine. 1000 users. So that's the product line. DISCLAIMER: I have been peddling these things for several years. Ed Hopper AT&T Computer Systems Ed Hopper's BBS 713-997-7575 - Houston - Free Access to AT&T Employees USENET - ILink - Smartnet PC Board - Markmail Offline Reader System "I've fallen and I can't get up!"