Inexpensive Unix box?

[Mark Mehall]

> In article <297 at geowhiz.UUCP> Larry McVoy writes that he's interested in a
>     system with these desired features:
> 
>    o  32 architecture (at least internally, a 16bit bus is acceptable).
>    o  Unix, preferably 4.2, but SysV is better than MS-DOS :-)
>    o  At least 4 serial ports, 6 would be better.
>    o  1 or more parallel ports (laser printer).
>    o  Either a reliable supplier f peripherals or a well known bus 
>       (multi, VME, etc).
>    o  Availibilty of solid service highly desirable (no brand X).
>    o  Price tag of less than $15,000 (it is almost christmas :-)
>

The Tektronix 6130 has the following features:

	o 32 bit architecture with 16 bit external bus (NS32016 based) 
	o Unix 4.2 with Sys V features added
	o 2 serial ports standard, up to 14 ports are supported
	o Dual parallel interface available
	o Peripherals available: color graphics terminals, dot matrix graphics
	   printers, color inkjet copiers, graphics tablets, streamer tape 
	   drives and other devices supported.
	o Solid service available from Tektronix in a variety of terms.
	o 1 megabyte memory standard, expandable up to 7 megabytes.
	o 20 megabyte winchester standard, 40 and 80 megabyte drives available.
	o Local area network (Ethernet) with Distributed File System standard.
	o General Purpose Interface Bus standard.
	o Excellent documentation and manuals set.
	o Base price of $9,500 (U.S.) 
	o Educational discounts available.
	o Other interfaces available: High speed RS-232 (up to 38.4K baud), DMA
	  RS-422/RS-232 (up to 400K bits/sec.), Small Computer Standard 
	  Interface (SCSI),  High speed GPIB (up to 250K bytes/sec.), and
	  dual centronics interfaces.
	o Plot 10 graphics software: GKS, CORE, TCS and STI libraries.
	o Compilers: C, FORTRAN 77, PASCAL, new ANSI BASIC with GKS graphics. 
	o Applications software:  20/20 spreadsheet, XED wordprocessor, 
	  MINITAB statistical analysis.
 	
If you would like more information on the 6130, please contact the local
Tektronix office or drop me a note.



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