AT&T kicked off the Comdex/Spring show in Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday by launching two dozen hardware and software products. Topping the bill were the EISA bus StarServer E symmetric multi-processor 80486 system and fault-tolerant StarServer FT, aimed at the telecommunications industry. The multi-processing Unix operating system was jointly developed with Pyramid Technology following their partnership agreement back in October, and will also be offered on AT&T’s other Intel, RISC and 3B2 families. Designed at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories and manufactured at its Little Rock, Arkansas plant, the StarServer E runs Unix V.4. The fault-tolerant StarServer FT is the result of AT&T’s technology deal with Tandem Computers back in March. An 80486 EISA upgrade will also be offered for its 6836E/33 WGS Model S. Also new are the 6386SX/EL WGS, and entry-level 80386SX personal computer, available in diskless, floppy or hard disk configurations, and the 6836/25 WGS SCSI server – part of the Model S family – which can support up to 32 users. WorkGroup Systems additions include new SCSI peripherals, two new high-resolution monitors, IBM 8514/A-compatible graphics controller and turnkey Informix database cli ent-server system. The 3B2 line gets a new StarGroup LAN Manager Server and Unix V.3.2.3; other rel eases include an Extended Terminal Interface Program designer, C++ 2.1 – a C translator for most C compil ers, the 595 laser printer and Pri vate Message Exchange/StarMail ver sion 2.2, which supports Microsoft Windows. No prices at press time.
