Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mtune!whuts!homxb!ho95e!wcs From: wcs@ho95e.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: relay posting Message-ID: <1691@ho95e.ATT.COM> Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 18:41:23 EDT Article-I.D.: ho95e.1691 Posted: Mon Aug 31 18:41:23 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Sep-87 07:31:46 EDT References: <3456@islenet.UUCP> Reply-To: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (46133-Bill.Stewart,2G218,x0705,) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs 46133, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 46 In article <3456@islenet.UUCP> richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk) writes: :[I'm relaying this for someone unable to post] :From: Brett Slocum :I've heard about the massive discounts and discontinuation :of the 3B1. Why is it being discontinued and is it worth getting? Our marketing people never did understand out how to market the 7300 (renaming it 3B1 was a last-ditch attempt.) When it first came out, the price was too high and there wasn't enough application software available, and some of the software that came with it was "not yet ready for prime time". So nobody bought them. Now that the bugs are out and the price is down under $1000, it's a *great deal*, if what you want to do is UNIX software development, general applications, office work, etc. :Will ATT still support it? At least as long as the warranty lasts, and unofficially for quite a while. (Most of the UNIX-PC's we sold were to Bell Labs and AT&T-IS, so there are a lot of developers playing with them.) There are some neat things that have been done internally, such as the Chinese Word Processor and Voice Power. :If I decide to get it, :what accessories should I get with it? DOS-73? Voice Power? You need at least 1 MB ram, and you really should get the 40MB drive or else buy the 20MB and do your own upgrade. Voice Power is a neat board, if you have applications for it. I've heard mixed reviews of the DOS-73 board's compatibility, but I've seen it being sold for <$300, so it's probably worthwhile if you don't already have a DOS machine. The RAM/EIA combo board is a good way to get additional RS-232 ports and RAM. Be sure to get the 512K version, which is expandable to 2 MB, not the 0K version. :What set of software should I get if I want to develop :software (C, Pascal, and Unix)? You've got to buy the standard development package to get the compiler. Beyond that, I'd mostly stick to generic UNIX software, unless your target market is other 7300 owners. : Disclaimer - These are my own personal comments. Do you think AT&T would have said stuff like this? :-) -- # Thanks; # Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G218, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs