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From: lauren@lbl-csam@vortex.UUCP
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Subject: Morrow
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Date: Tue, 30-Aug-83 00:23:12 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 30 00:23:12 1983
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From:  Lauren Weinstein <vortex!lauren@lbl-csam>

I have never used the Morrow system in question, but I can make two
general comments:

1) Every experience I have ever had with *any* Morrow hardware has
   been a *total* disaster.  I'm not alone in this, apparently.
   In fact, someone I know just recently got burned by some
   Morrow equipment he bought without knowing any better.  
   Enough said.

2) Some callers have mentioned some rather "odd" facts about the
   the system under discussion.  While I don't have the details,
   I'm told that the system has a large number of limitations, 
   and (interestingly) runs CP/M programs much faster than "Unix"
   type programs.  I've heard about this speed difference from 
   several different people -- all of whom subsequently decided
   not to buy the equipment.  The *effect* seems to be that their
   "Unix-like" features exist as an emulation *above* CP/M, regardless
   of the reality of the actual implementation.  The keyword "slow"
   seems to be mentioned quite a bit in regards to the "Unix-like"
   features of this unit.

For the kind of money that thing costs, I would think that an IBM-PC
running Coherent would be a better buy.

--Lauren--