Datapoint Corp has introduced 33MHz 80486 models to its line of multi-processor servers and has licensed Unix System V.4 to run on them. The first version will be a single-CPU implementation that matches the current AT&T offering and Datapoint will add multi-processor support when it becomes available. The 7860 and 7960 servers will support up to two and up to six 80486 CPUs respectively. The servers support IBM SNA via X25 QLLC or SDLC; TCP/IP via X25 or Ethernet; Open Systems Interconnection with X400 via X25; Datapoint VCF via X25; asynchronous communications services with terminal emulators; and ARCnet-to-ARCnet connections with the ARClink internetwork bridge via HDLC leased of dial-up lines. The company did not give any prices.
