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Article #146Re: Symmetrics s375
From: lacasse
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1986 21:32
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1986 21:32
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RE:
We got a flier from an outfit in San Jose, CA called Symmetrics
that sells 4.2 Unix machines using National Semi's 32000 series
chips for $5k to $10k. My question is, does anyone has seen the
little machines? Are they for real? We are thinking of a getting
a few sight unseen which is not very wise and I was hoping some
out there could help us.
I saw one at a Usenix meeting. It seemed to work, but I didn't
really test it. It was very small, and had good specs for the money.
As I recall, it had 4M Ram, 50M Disk, FULL 4.2 (no subsetting!), an
ethernet port, a 1M floppy, a connector for scci drives/tapes, a
connector for more floppies, and an ethernet connection. At the time
they wanted $9K if paid up front, and $10K with P.O.
If you buy some, please let us know how you like them.
Mark LaCasse qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!lacasse
c/o The Rand Corporation cbosgd!ihnp4!sdcrdcf!randvax!lacasse
1700 Main Street lacasse@Rand-Unix
Santa Monica, CA 90406
213/393-0411 ext. 7420
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