Perkin-Elmer (was Re: AT&T 6300 PC)

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Wed Oct 18 09:07:57 2000

>
> --- Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org> wrote:
> > Parity error on /dev/brain Core dumped. The damned Unix Perkin-Elmer
> > box limited them to 15 sectors/track. (WD 1001 controller)
> >
> > 'Course the RLL took em to 25 (IIRC).
>
> Is that a SystemIII box with dual 68000 processors, input buttons below
> the monitor? If so, I happen to have one of them. We used to use it as
> a code safe and C compiler for 68000-based projects. Model 7350? (Not
> sure at the moment and it's in storage somewhere).
>
> Fun box for its day.
>
> -ethan


Actually, it only had a single cpu. (10 mhz). Ran SysIII (UniPlus)
SysV (microXelos -- which had it's root in UniPlus SysV), and Idris.

The dual cpu stuff at the time was done by Sun (I think) and Masscomp
(their 500 series stuff).

Bill
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