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From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura)
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Subject: Re: What's a good OS-9 box?
Message-ID: <967@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 18:29:31 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 18:29:31 1985
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Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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Summary: Gimix, Frank Hogg, ???

In article <3566@utah-cs.UUCP> brownc@utah-cs.UUCP (Eric C. Brown) writes:
>I'd like to get an OS-9 box, either OS-9 or OS-9/68k.  What is a good box
>with an 80 char screen, 2 floppies & hard disk interface, and 2 serial ports?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Eric C. Brown
>brownc@utah-cs
>..!ihnp4!utah-cs!brownc

     That's the usual "hard Question".  I'll take a quick shot at it, but
for details send me mail.  I'm posting public for now because that way
others shouldn't duplicate the answers too much.

     I'd get a QT or QT+ from Frank Hogg Labs.  These are 68008 and 68000
systems respectively.  The 68020 Gimix board will probably be available
fairly soon from Frank Hogg as well.  The point is, Frank Hogg has a
good reputation for support and is packaging these systems with very
complete software (application oriented, but development software also
available).  These will take any standard terminals (and terminals *are*
cheap now).  They are good up to 4 users more or less.  Bob Larson just
got one and will post more info soon.

     For "industrial strength" systems I suggest Gimix for reliability
and quality.  The reputation is likewise high for support.  I know a
Canadian in New Brunswick who will be selling these and respect his
opinion greatly.

     Finally, if you are into porting yourself, well, I've always felt
that a VME-10 would make a fairly good OS-9 machine.

     For more info on the QT's you can buy "Rainbow" magazine at most
computer magazine stores.  Yes, it's the one about the Radio Shack
Color Computer!

                                       Cheers! -- Jim O.

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