IBM's new workstation line (RIOS? REOS?)

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2 total messages Started by Geoffrey Amthor Sun, 10 Dec 1989 20:03

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Author: Geoffrey Amthor
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1989 20:03

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I've been monitoring this group for some time, and have been disappointed
that no one seems to be talking about IBM's new workstation line that's
supposed to roll out early next year.  I am in desperate need of upgrading
to a new system, and the dearth of information is hurting me, as I have to
commit soon.  I'm certainly not a traditional IBM RT type (I don't own one),
as I'm not really into engineering/scientific.  But the new line is apparently
going to be positioned as a business workstation as well, something between
a PS/2 and an AS/400.  A couple capabilities that it *may* have I would 
really like to see: the ability to run multiple sessions of DOS, and the
ability to use NeXTStep as a user interface.  The ability to run OS/2 PM would
be really sweet, too.  I'm clueless as to what a base system would cost;
I know I need a high-res monitor (I hear IBM's got some fancy color, too),
a medium size drive (150-300 MB), but I don't need absolutely crunching speed.

My questions....  Why isn't this group talking about what's coming up?  Is
it that the new line will be incompatible, so you guys don't care?  Or is it
that you don't like rumormilling?  Or have I just got the wrong user group?
In any case, if anyone in the know could bring me up to speed on the new
line, I'd be much obliged.

Re: IBM's new workstation line (RIOS? REOS?)

#624

Author: John Garnett
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 01:11

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In article <283@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>, amthor@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Geoffrey Amthor) writes:
> 
> I've been monitoring this group for some time, and have been disappointed
> that no one seems to be talking about IBM's new workstation line that's
> supposed to roll out early next year.

Those people who would know about such things are precisely those people
who wouldn't be in a position to talk about such things (i.e. confidentiality
restrictions and the like).

> a PS/2 and an AS/400.  A couple capabilities that it *may* have I would 
> really like to see: the ability to run multiple sessions of DOS, and the

AIX PS/2 currently offers the capability to run multiple sessions of
DOS using IBM's DOS Merge product (based on LCC's Merge/386).

AIX/RT currently offers the capability to run multiple sessions of DOS
using IBM's PC Simulator product.

> ability to use NeXTStep as a user interface.  The ability to run OS/2 PM would
> be really sweet, too. 

You may be interested in looking into OSF's Motif product.  Motif is a
window manager and X-Windows toolkit that was based on PM.  Motif is
available now from the Open Software Foundation (OSF).

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