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From: lacasse@rand-unix.arpa
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Subject: Re: Symmetrics s375
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Date: Fri, 13-Jun-86 09:43:49 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 13 09:43:49 1986
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RE:
    We got a flier from an outfit in San Jose, CA called Symmetrics that
    sells 4.2 Unix machines using National Semi's 32000 series chips for $5k
    to $10k. My question is, does anyone has seen the little machines? Are
    they for real? We are thinking of a getting a few sight unseen which is
    not very wise and I was hoping some out there could help us.

I saw one at a Usenix meeting.  It seemed to work, but I didn't really
test it.  It was very small, and had good specs for the money.  As I recall,
it had 4M Ram, 50M Disk, FULL 4.2 (no subsetting!), an ethernet port,
a 1M floppy, a connector for scci drives/tapes, a connector for more
floppies, and an ethernet connection.  At the time they wanted $9K if paid
up front, and $10K with P.O.

If you buy some, please let us know how you like them.

      Mark LaCasse                  qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!lacasse
      c/o The Rand Corporation       cbosgd!ihnp4!sdcrdcf!randvax!lacasse
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