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From: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (964[jak]-Robert Halloran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3B1, 3B2, & 3B5
Message-ID: <1446@mtune.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Mar 88 14:24:37 GMT
References: <953@usl-pc.UUCP> <164@magic4.UUCP>
Reply-To: rkh@mtune.UUCP (Robert Halloran)
Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA
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In article <164@magic4.UUCP> eric@magic4.UUCP (Eric Kozowski) writes:
>In article <953@usl-pc.UUCP>, jpdres14@usl-pc.UUCP (Collett Donald L) writes:
>> I am considering purchasing a new computer within the next six months.  Can
>> anyone tell me about or give me advice on AT&T's 3B(1/2/5)?  How many users
>> can they run?  How's the security?  How fast are they?  Do they all run MsDos
>> subprocesses?  What largest size hard disk will work with them?
>
>First off, the 3B1 is a 68020 machine (not sure of the clock speed).  It can
>support up to about 4 users.  This is the only one that you can run MeSsy-DOS
>as a subprocess.  .........
>
>P.S.  if anybody out there sees errors in the above PLEASE correct them.
>-- 
>Eric Kozowski  AT&T GBS  Portland, Or        || I've made enough money to buy
>(503)295-4250  2020 SW 4th  Suite 500 97201  || Miami, but I pissed it away 
>UUCP: ...!tektronix!tessi!bucket!magic4!eric || so fast ...
>All of the above opinions are mine           || -- Jimmy Buffet            

The 3B1/7300 uses a 68010, NOT a 68020, clocked at 10 MHz.  Running MS-DOS
requires an 8086 co-processor board, called the DOS-73 card, which lets
the Unix-PC screen emulate a Hercules monographics display.  Compatibility
with programs bypassing the BIOS routines is uncertain, and must be checked
on a per-program basis.

						Bob Halloran
						Distributed Programming
						  Tools Group
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