The first transportable Unix computer to be designed in Australia has been launched by Graphics Computer Systems Pty Ltd, of Burwood, near Melbourne in Victoria. The MXtransportable is a cut-down SparcStation 10 with a 10 active matrix screen, up to 128Mb of memory, 2.1Gb disk, SyQuest Technology Inc removable disk drive and optional projector with video mixing. A motherboard, similar in size to the Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc IPX motherboard, includes an additional MBus slot and Fast SCSI-2 application-specific integrated circuit controller. Single or dual processor module formats are available. Entry-level systems use the 90MHz HyperSparc and cost from around $13,500. The firm said it is the largest Australasian supplier of Sparc-compatibles and clones. It exports to South East Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America.
