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From: thompson@oberon.UUCP (mark thompson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: Problems with the 7300
Message-ID: <33@oberon.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-May-85 18:16:16 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 20 18:16:16 1985
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> I tend to disagree with you. I feel that a system that is buggy and
> as slow as this system was/is should not be put out by AT&T.  Lets be
> honest: weren't we expecting a machine that would blow your socks
> off??   I mean, with AT&T coming out with a UNIX machine !!!
> 
> Corporate users of the 7300 still need decent response time, and a
> (as much as possible) bug-free system.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ross M. Greenberg  @ Time Inc, New York 
>               --------->{ihnp4 | vax135}!timeinc!greenber<---------
> 
This sounds like the starting salvo of a fine little war. I assume 
from the tone of this posting that you were all prepared to hate
the machine when you met it, and sure enuf...you did.

* Capsule review: Nice package...but not a bargain.

* Wins:
    - CPU is plenty fast, and supports virtual memory.
    - All of the windowing and graphics is available in the C library.
    - 'ua', the desktop application, steps you painlessly through the
	incantations to create users, uucp links, etc.
    - the phone (of course) is built in, and it can toggle between 
	voice (it dials, you talk) and data.
* Losses:
    - Windowing, and mouse, PALE in comparison to a macintosh (not to
	mention EXPENSIVE machines).
    - The disk speed is, wellllll, not blazing fast.
    - It is UUUUGGGGLLLLYYYY, and has a big footprint.
    - It doesn't run BSD Unix (surprise).
* Query:
    - Does AT&T plan to release a LAN for this thing (nudge nudge,
	wink wink)?
-mark
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	    --- Everybody is welcome to my own opinion ---
Written: mark thompson		arpanet: THOMPSON@USC-ECLC
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