Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!pacbell!att-ih!tellab5!dpb From: dpb@tellab5.UUCP (Darryl Baker) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general Subject: Re: Ex-unix support person speaks Message-ID: <964@tellab5.UUCP> Date: 1 May 88 22:48:32 GMT References: <963@tellab5.UUCP> <4599@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Reply-To: dpb@tellab5.UUCP (Darryl Baker) Distribution: na Organization: Tellabs Inc., Lisle, Il. Lines: 28 In article <4599@ihlpf.ATT.COM> gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) writes: +>In article <963@tellab5.UUCP>, dpb@tellab5.UUCP (Darryl Baker) writes: +>> Well I've seen a lot of speculation in this news group about what +>> version of AT&T Unix is the OS on the Unix-pc. Well I left AT&T Unix +> +>Well, I've just heard that AT&T announced a VoicePower board for their +>WGS 386 computer. If I am to assume that this machine is a replacement +>for the 3B1, references to the sadness with which I note that Motorola +>has been abandoned in favor of Intel aside, how does the new machine +>compare? I guess it's an 80386. Has a lot of the software been ported? I tend to agree but how does this correspond to my article? I am no longer with AT&T and not privy to their marketing plans. +>How does the performance compare? I guess a full-blown setup costs +>nearly $10K (3B1 originally got near $8K with the works), but they're +>pushing the 630 as a montitor. Does this mean there will be no +>UNIX-PC 3.6 OS? Got any information? Good/bad news? +> I hope there is a 3.6 or 4.0 that is more in line with System V 3.0 but I doubt it. No profit and very little good press for AT&T. -- __ _ __ / ) // / ) / / / __. __ __ __ , // /--< __. /_ _ __ Darryl Baker /__/_(_/|_/ (_/ (_/ (_/_