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From: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (x0705)
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Subject: Re: Suggestions for a good development machine wanted
Message-ID: <438@ho95e.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 26-Jan-86 17:58:23 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 26 17:58:23 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 28-Jan-86 00:01:47 EST
References: <1116@osu-eddie.UUCP> <1362@fisher.UUCP>
Reply-To: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (Bill Stewart 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs HO 2G202)
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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Keywords: Fast, Cheap, 4.2bsd

In article <1362@fisher.UUCP> djl@fisher.UUCP writes:
>> We are looking at a large software development project coming towards us, and
>> we need a suitable weapon with which to fight it.
>
>For these types of applications, I like the Symmetric s350,... a lot.
>You get...
>
>32000 full chip set machine, including 200,000 FLOPS fpu.  2 Mg. no
>wait state ram, 50 Mg. disk, 1.2 Mg. floppy, 4 serial ports that will
>do 38400 with n errors in k bytes where n is small and k is big enough.
>1 parrellel port, EtherNet interface, and the software.
>
Well, if you really must get a 4.2BSD machine instead of buying AT&T :-)
the Symmetric does look nice.  You can optionally get 8 Meg instead of 2,
and a 140 Meg disk instead of 50 Meg.  When I last talked to them,
they'd also replace the parallel port with an IEEE-488 GPIB bus
>
>All for the low, low price of $8950 prepaid or $9950 postpaid.  To boot,
>this thing is about 17x12x6 inches, and 20 lbs.  Carry it in one hand
>and your briefcase in the other.
The designers were obviously electrical engineers - it looks more like
a digital voltmeter than a computer.
>
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# Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G-202, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs