Aucbvax.2021
fa.works
utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!LLOYD@MIT-AI
Wed Jul  1 03:55:25 1981
ALANTHUS System 1000 workstation

Alanthus is i�deed selling the Convergent Technologies system.  There
are now three flavors of workstation: the Integrated Workstation
(IWS), the Monitor Workstation, and the Applications Workstation.  The
IWS and MWS are �lectrically identical with the difference being that
the processor i� remoted into a box like the mass storage.  Only the
display and keyboard remain on the desktop.  The Application
Workstation (AWS) is the "low cost" workstation and physically
resembles the IWS.  The AWS is based on the 8088 (instead of the
8086), has fewer bells and whistles (no serial/parallel I/O, font
fixed in ROM, etc.), and has no Multibus expansion.  The advantage of
the AWS is that it is about half the cost of the I�S`and suddenly the
cost-per-workstat�on falls into the $5,000 range.  The AWS can run all
of Convergent's software with the exception of the Font Designer.

Brian



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