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From: todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How: 2 users on a PS2/80 ?
Message-ID: <1183@uhccux.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 01:49:03 EST
Article-I.D.: uhccux.1183
Posted: Wed Nov 25 01:49:03 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 11:16:24 EST
References: <36300004@iuvax> <4728@spool.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz)
Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu)
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In article <4728@spool.wisc.edu> luner@ai.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner) writes:
>IBM has announced a product called DOS Merge for the PS/2 Mod 80.
>This product provides for the execution, by multiple users, of IBM DOS
>Version 3.30 applications. DOS Merge is based on the MERGE/386 (tm, Lotus 
>Computing Corp) product developed by Lotus. Planned availability is 9/88,
>cost $250.

Don't be mislead by the price associated with DOS Merge.   The $250
cost for IBM DOS Merge will *NOT* give you multiuser capabilities on
the PS/2 Model-80.  IBM DOS Merge requires AIX (IBM's version of UNIX).
And since IBM has completely unbundled AIX, it could cost you quite a
bit depending on how much of UNIX you need.

Here are the prices for the various AIX modules.

	AIX PS/2 OS	$595
	AIX Extensions	 250
	AIX DOS Merge	 250
	AIX Usability	 250
	Text Formatting	 200
	X-Windows	 195
	FORTRAN		 275
	Pascal		 275
	C		 275
	Development Kit	 175

For more information get a hold of the 17NOV87 IBM Customer Announcement
Letter Summary (I suspect a call to your local IBM rep would do the
trick if you are not on their mailing list)...todd

-- 
Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Faculty Development Program
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