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From: HEIMBIG@WSUVM1.BITNET (Bruce Heimbigner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: 68030 Un*x Workstation
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Date: 31 Mar 88 14:03:30 GMT
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. . for the line eater . .
Thanks for the direct reports from the Hannover show, but it looks like
you missed something.  In the March 28, 1988 info world news section was
a story about an Atari 68030 Un*x Workstation that was supossedly
'revealed' at Hannover.  Briefly the configuation was: 68030, 5 VME slots,
4 Mb RAM, 1-mbps Starlan port, 2 serial ports, one SCSI port, and a 60 Meg
internal hard disc (this sounds more like a wish list, I'm only reporting
what I read).  Shiraz Shivji was reported as saying an optional graphics
card with CGA EGA VGA was to go along with a 1280 by 960 monitor (under
development).  Cost: 'less than $5,000' and operate 50% faster than a
80386 with both running Un*x System V, Version 3.1.

According to the article 50 developers already have them and are
to be for sale in Europe by end of 1988.

Any comments?  from Germany?  from Atari?
Anybody actually see this?

Bye
 Bruce Heimbigner
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