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From: ted@imsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Xerox 6085 in Byte
Message-ID: <529@imsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 09:56:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 28 09:56:43 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 1-Apr-86 06:46:38 EST
Organization: IMS Inc, Rockville MD
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For anyone who has heard about Xerox's 8010s and 6085s and wondered what they
looked like, there is a picture of one on page 72 of the new (April) issue of
Byte;  to my knowledge, it's the first time Xerox has ever advertised in one
of the popular journals for microcomputers.  The 6085 is a 1024*1024 OA device
with word processing, forms generation, and WYSWYG typesetting and graphics
capabilities, which can do better PC imitations than many of the so called
"compatibles".  It can run almost all MS-DOS software, and incorporate Word-
Perfect documents into its typesetting system via Navy DIF standard con-
versions.  It is not as fast as typical 68020 workstations, but the software
is better and more powerful, and it's far cheaper.  Its floppy disk drive can
read DOS formatted disks as well as disks formatted for ViewPoint, its own
Mesa based OS.