OA System Offers Unix and Communication Capabilities in a Compact Enclosure

Article Abstract:

Data General Corp. introduced the Eclipse MV-4000 SC, a 32-bit multiuser computer system. Three configurations are available ranging in price from $35,500 to $59,500. The system includes an AOS-VS operating system and will support the DG-UX UNIX operating system. The MV-4000 SC consists of a compact housing containing up to two 5.25-inch 737KB floppy drives, an Ethernet local area network, and a power supply. A photograph of the system is included.

Ethernet, Computer Systems, New Product, product announcement, 32-Bit, Eclipse MV 4000SC

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Industry Support Is Powerful Enough to Sell UNIX As a New 'Standard', Even if Its Popularity Is Undeserved

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Most industry vendors are marketing UNIX as a key operating system in a drive to make it a standard in office automation. Analysts doubt the possiblity of UNIX as a standard because there are too many versions of it, many of which are not designed for typical office applications. The market success of UNIX appears assured however, as end users continue to believe the operating system is the standard.

Standard, Standardization, Marketing, Office automation, Market

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AT&T, Olivetti to Produce Workstations, PC's Based on UNIX and MS-DOS - Designed to Compete with IBM

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A number of workstations and personal computers will be produced and marketed by Ing. C. Olivetti & Co. and American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The new line of personal computers will be able to run on either the MSDOS system or the AT&T operating system known as UNIX. It is planned that the new workstations will link data processing, office and communications equipment.

Operating systems (Software), Joint ventures, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Operating System, Workstations, Personal Computers, Joint Venture, MS-DOS, Olivetti Corp. r Joint Venture

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