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From: chamoun@lownlab.UUCP (Nassib Chamoun)
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Subject: Data General One (model 2)
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Date: Sat, 31-May-86 10:29:09 EDT
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I am considering the purchase of a Data General One (model 2), with a 10 MB
winchester and an electroluminescent screen.  Delivery should be in about 6
weeks.  This system is supposed to be fully compatible with the IBM PC, and
will be running MS-DOS.  The primary application will be word processing, with
a little bit of spreadsheet and database management thrown in.

--Does anybody have any experience with the Data General One?  Comments
regarding the actual extent of PC-compatibility would be especially useful.
How about hardware/software problems?  (The screen on the model 2 seems to be
a great improvement over the liquid crystal version on model 1).

--I am looking for a c_compiler to use for program development.  Does anybody
know of one which permits system calls, ioctl, forks or vforks?

--The system comes bundled with a word processing package called "CEO Write".
The individual who will be the primary user of the system is something of a
computer-phobe, and would prefer something very user friendly.  Is this a good
package for him (or does anybody know of anything better for this purpose?).
A fast-running spell program would be a very nice feature.

Thanks.

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NAME:	Nassib G. Chamoun
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	Harvard School of Public Health
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