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From: works@ucbvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The Torch Triple X UNIX PC
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 15:56:54 EST
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> The Torch Triple X is a very nice machine. We have had a
> demonstration of it, so it is real. The version we saw was the
> final release machine with the complete window manager. The
> response time is very good, to my mind faster than the Sun2, and
> the whole machine seemed quite solid. The user-interface is very
> simple, powerful, and is very intuitive. The display is rock steady
> and very sharp. It uses a long persistence phospher Sony monitor.
> There is a VME-bus connector for expansion.
> 
> The prices in the UK are (in sterling);
> 
> Torch (1Mbyte RAM, 20Mbyte winchester)        3995.00
> 10" Colour monitor                     699.00
> 13" Colour monitor                     799.00
> 
> Ethernet software and interface                500.00
> X25 software and interface             500.00
> 
> The Torch has a 68010, but there is a 68020 plug-in upgrade due
> next year for about 1000.00 pounds. There will also be a diskless
> workstation for 2000.00 - 2500.00 pounds.

Multiply the above by 1.44 to get the american dollar equivalent
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                           Erik James Freed
                           Aurora Systems
                           San Francisco, CA
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