Subject: entertaining NEWS

From: Robert Scheifler <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 86 15:20 EST

In case people haven't heard, Sony recently announced a
workstation to ship in Japan in January.  It has a 16MHz
68020 CPU, 16MHz 68020 I/O processor, 16MHz 68881.
Base system with 2Mb of memory and floppies is about 6000
dollars (US), with 4Mb and 86Mb disk it's $11000, and
with 8Mb and 156Mb disk it's $17000.  Three different
bitmap displays (including color) are available as options,
but a display is not included in the above system prices.
Given the high prices of US machines in Japan (like double US
prices), it will be real competition for Suns and uVAXen there.
I talked with several people who had already cancelled Sun and
DEC orders and placed orders for 2 to 4 times as many Sony machines.

Anyway, Sony is selling the X window system as part of the product.
The amusing thing is that the name of the machine is NEWS (although
it might just as well be NeWS), which stands for Net Work Station.
This of course proves that X runs on top of NEWS. :-)