One company that believes that trying to turn one’s back on Microsoft Corp and all its works is a hideous mistake doomed to failure is Wyse Technology Corp, San Jose, which reckons its Winterms adapted as Network Computers provide the best of both worlds (CI No 2,922). So convinced is it of the model it has conceived that it is also hoping to rustle up business from others by selling what it calls the T2000 technology that underlies the Winterms on the OEM market. The Winterm information and Internet access device from Wyse is also now priced at the magic $500. Wyse says it has patents pending on T2000, and that it will enable companies of all sizes to achieve quick time-to-market with advanced thin client devices. The T2000 design consists of an iAPX processor, a highly efficient memory subsystem supporting from 1.5Mb to 10Mb, and a high-end graphics engine, all designed to get maximum performance from minimum component count. The company says that while it’s convinced that there is an entirely new market for thin client technology, Windows application integration is essential. The T2000 uses underlying MS-DOS-compatible firmware calls, enabling OEM customers to exploit a broad range of existing development tools; first announced taker for the technology is Kerridge Networking Systems Ltd based in the UK. Wyse says that Kerridge was able to redesign its custom personality character devices for vertical markets, with personalities changed merely by changing the Flash chip in the machine.
