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From: kim@emory.UUCP (Kim Wallen {Psychology})
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Subject: Re: UNIX/Simul-Task for PC6300 PLUS is orderable
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 12:35:58 EDT
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In article <1606@mtuxo.UUCP> hsc@mtuxo.UUCP (h.cohen) writes:
>UNIX SVR2 for the PC6300 PLUS is now orderable.
>It includes full SVR2 functionality, plus a nice user interface,
>an excellent editior/wordprocessor, and the Simul-Task feature
>that lets you install MS-DOS 3.1 under the UNIX filesystem and
>run MS-DOS software as a UNIX process.  
>Delivery will initially be four weeks from date of order,
>diminishing to one week by mid-June.
>In addition to the standard 20MB hard disk + 1.2MB floppy
>configuration, you need a 512KB chip set (AT&T order code
>37561, $195 list price) to bring the motherboard up to a full
>1MB of memory.

>Harvey S. Cohen, AT&T-IS PC6300 PLUS product mgmt.
>mtuxo!hsc

This system looked very nice at COMDEX Atlanta.  The integration of
UNIX and MS-DOS was better than I had expected and was almost seamless.

Now that Simul-Task is orderable what does this mean for those of us
holding certificates for a free version (purchased our PC6300 plus
before December)?  Will we still be receiving a notice in the mail
of how to get it?

Not to take anything away from AT&T's chip set, but  the 18 256kbit
chips needed to add 512k are available for about $60.  We just
filled out the sockets on a 6300-Plus and it went very smoothly
and easily.  The user's manual has clear instructions on the switch
settings, even if it doesn't tell you exactly where to put the chips.
However, there is only one set of 18 empty sockets on the mother board
so it is not very difficult.

One last question.  Is the foundation set in Simul-task comparable
to that in the UNIX PC (in terms of utilities included, not kernel)?
What editors and shells come with Simul-Task?

Kim Wallen
Psychology department
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

{gatech akgua}!emory!kim

P.S.  I was glad to see the pricing on Simul-Task.  I hope it has
great success.