OS Merge/SIMULTASK/AT&T marketing

[h.cohen]

I am sorry that Tim Beres, who wants a product like Simul-Task,
had so much trouble getting it.  Simul-Task was on-shelf in the
warehouse on May 2, right after we showed it at COMDEX.  
The red tape and horrible luck we encountered in getting
the informatio nto the sales channels and turning on the order system
are probably of interest only to my psychiatrist; if you want a
rough idea, go read "Catch 22."
UNIX/Simul-Task on the PC6300 PLUS really is orderable now, though,
and it really is nice.  Since I did not post my last announcement
to net.micro or net.unix, I am taking the liberty of reproducing
it here:
UNIX SVR2 for the PC6300 PLUS is now orderable and is on one-week
delivery interval.
It includes full SVR2 functionality, plus a nice user interface,
an excellent editior/wordprocessor, and the Simul-Task feature
that lets you install MS-DOS 3.1 under the UNIX filesystem and
run MS-DOS software as a UNIX process.  
In addition to the standard 20MB hard disk + 1.2MB floppy
configuration, you need a 512KB chip set (AT&T order code
37561, $195 list price) to bring the motherboard up to a full
1MB of memory.
The order code for UNIX is 1111-UX1.  The list price is $195.
The order code for the UNIX Development Set (C compiler, assembler,
lint, make, lex, and so on) is 1111-DT1, list price $395.
Other goodies include
INFORMIX		1111-RDB	$895
C-ISAM			1111-ISM	$245
RM/COBOL		1111-CB2	$595
RM/COBOL runtime	1111-CBR	$195
RM/FORTRAN		1111-F04	$795
CrystalWriter PLUS	1112-CWP	$695
Professional Writer's
	Package		1112-PWP	$595
File-It			1112-FIT	$295
UltraCalc		1112-UCL	$395
UNIX User Reference Man	1610-223	$ 60
Integrated Software
	Development
	Guide		1610-224	$ 60

Heavy users may also want a memory board (37555, $795 list)
which comes with 0.5MB and is expandable to 2.0MB.
Each 0.5MB on the board can be switch-set to be either
serial memory (addressable by UNIX) or paged memory
(addressable by Lotus 123, Deskview, and some other MS-DOS
applications).  
Advanced telephone manager and Email software will be 
out in July, plus some surprising applications software.
I will post more then.
Harvey S. Cohen, AT&T-IS PC6300 PLUS product mgmt.
mtuxo!hsc