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Subject: Re: 32032 UNIX
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Date: Tue, 22-Jan-85 04:54:17 EST
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Tom Blenko (blenko@rochester) is completely wrong in the statement that
"the Tektronix box .. only runs at 4 MHz".  Early prototype versions of
the box ran with 4 and 6Mhz parts, because of the inavailability of 10Mhz
ones, and bug-free 10Mhz parts (rev N) are still not available in production
quantities, but even though I haven't worked for Tek for over a year, I
know that the first production units will run at least 6 Mhz, and later
units will run at 10 Mhz.

Tom is also a former Tek employee and obviously has some axe to grind.

Since the product has been announced and is almost on the market, and has
been the subject of a certain amount of bashing, let me reverse my
previous stand of silence on the issue, and say this: the Tek 6000 series
will be a very nice UNIX box.  Engineering Computing Systems (ECS, the
division building the system) has expended an amazing amount of time and
effort fixing bugs in the system, rationalizing interfaces, and generally
compiling all the best features of numerous UNIX systems out there for
their version.  They have made some major strides forward in improving
the virtual memory system in 4.2bsd, and have sped up the system by
off-loading major subsystems into other processors - the I/O system
and network are supported by independent processors.

Take the Tektronix box seriously.


S. McGeady
Ann Arbor Terminals
Portland, OR
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