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From: vip@philabs.UUCP (V. I. P.)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Problems with the 7300
Message-ID: <326@philabs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-May-85 19:24:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 19:24:43 1985
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Reply-To: vip@philabs.UUCP (V. I. P.)
Organization: Philips Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY
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Summary: 


>it was intended as a multi-user machine.  And please recall that
>the IBM-XT UNIX was a third party UNIX.  It (the IBM-XT) was not
>presented as a "UNIX PC".  The 7300 is.  And it doesn't (in my opinion)
>live up to it.  I think that it will be a great machine, and it looks real

No, the IBM-XT is not a "UNIX PC" but the IBM-IX was and that machine
was such a dog that nobody even wanted to hear about it 3 months 
after it was announced.  I think IBM has dropped this product...

					Brian Day

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