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From: eric@plus5.UUCP (Eric W. Kiebler)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: 7300 Tidbits and questions
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Date: Sun, 26-May-85 14:47:23 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 26 14:47:23 1985
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Thanks for the updates, Peter.  A friend in town just got one and much
of the SBS(*) is moot.

The expansions I spoke of are in the wings, at least here in St. Louis.
They are all third party people with scopes and logic analyzers and
*lots* of spare time.  At least one vendor in town will sell 
a 7300 with the 10 ripped out and a 20MB installed, and will soon sell
a 7300 with the 10MB ripped out and a 40MB installed.  He has
mumbled something about trying to get the new (Phillips?) optical disk
interfaced.  This could all be SBS(*) of course, but I have seen at least
one 7300 with the non-att 20MB (seems easy enough) and expect to see the
40MB Real Soon Now.

Has anyone heard anything about a compiler for the machine that allows
unique, long identifier names ala VAX et al?  Since much of the code that
comes across the net is UCBian, and since I have tried to port some code
where people used RatherLongButQuiteUnderstandableIdentifiers, and loathed
it, my decision concerning the machine is based upon the availablility of
such a compiler.  I have heard people say "its on the way", but they said
that about bug fixes and general software and support about my old
NEC-APC; that turd got flushed long after it should have.

In the competition dept, I have heard lousy things about the U! in
general.  Anyone have any good comments?  Anyone think that the 7300
has any real competition?  Morrow, maybe?  On a cost per user basis,
the MicroVax-II is starting to look really good, though you don't get
all the nice integrated graphics per user.  Has anyone gone through this
whole decision-making process and come up with some conclusions they
would be willing to post or mail?

eric

			"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
						-- Albert Einstein
			"... except when buying a computer."
						-- eric

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