Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!wa3wbu!john
From: john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: PC-MOS....true ???
Message-ID: <521@wa3wbu.UUCP>
Date: 4 Mar 88 01:53:56 GMT
Organization: WA3WBU, Marysville,PA
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     A freind came to me the other day seeking advise to multi-user
environments. I of course mentioned the various flavors of Unix. He
needs it to run on an AT-class machine.  

     Anyway, he kept bringing up PC-MOSS by The Software Link. Apparently
he has written to them and received brochures and has spoken with them
on the phone. What these guys are saying is too good to be true.

     Basically they're saying that with PC-MOS you can:

1. Have up to 4 users on a XT and 5-9 users on an AT, all running
simultaneous.

2. All users can be simultaneously running ANY MS-DOS application on
   a *dumb* terminal. When they say dumb, they mean even like an ADM-3!!
   And they dont say just character-based applications, they say ANYTHING.

3. They do require that you buy *their* serial card ($500) and their
   "memory management board" ($500).

    I'm at a loss!  I mean, after he read me the information they sent
it sounds impossible. The ads read like it's Unix and DOS all rolled
into a happy union.  I can't beleive that if this were truely "God's
gift to the computer world" that I wouldn't "know" of someone using
it.  Can anyone in Net-land shed some light on this ??  I mean, is it
a farce or are there some nasty restrictions that you dont find out about
till *after* you buy ???   I always assumed from the ads that it was a 
Windows/Desqview-like environment, but no-holds-bared, true, DOS,
mutli-user/multi-tasking ??   I say naaaa.   Input please so I can
save this guy. :-)


					John


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