🚀 go-pugleaf

Bruce Daniels wrote asking about the configuration of my CT system at
home.  Here is what I have:

	Workstation with 256Kb RAM, 5Mhz 8086, 2xRS-232, Centronics
	printer port

	10Mb 8" winchester (Shugart 1004 drive)

	0.5Mb 8" floppy (single side, double density Shugart 800
	drive)

Soon to be added (awaiting delivery only):

	Additional Workstation to be clustered on the first using CT's
	local network (multi-drop, 615Kbaud, half-duplex, RS-422 line)

	GE 510 300lpm printer

For software I have:

	CTOS multi-task, real-time OS
	Pascal
	FORTRAN
	Word Processor
	ISAM
	Forms
	Sort/Merge
	Multiple-window Screen-oriented text editor
	Basic
	and several programs of my and others design...

For those of you used to home computer prices you may find things just
a bit steep, but if you compare performance per dollar it seems to be
a fairly good deal.  Price for a 128K dual floppy system is $13,300 in
unit quantities.  The 256K winchester system comes in at about $21,000.
All stand-alone systems include OS (linker, assembler, screen-oriented
editor, and asynchronous terminal emulator).  Additional workstations
go for $6,490 for a 128K version or $7,900 for a 256K version.

I like the system a lot.  It is easier to use/develop software for
than my PDP-11/23 with RSTS/E was (I know most of you are UNIX hackers
but you have to take what you can get).

Brian