Seems Sony Corp has launched the News-NWS1800 versions of its workstations using the 68030 microprocessor internationally before they were announced in Japan: the line includes the NWS1830 with 158Mb disk, available October at $30,500; and the NWS1850 with 286Mb disk, and a 225Mb tape streamer, from July 21 at $37,600: Sony hopes to sell 8,000 of its workstations this year, about 30% being the new models; the NEWS-OS 3.2 operating system incorporates Unix 4.3 BSD, X-Window 11 and Sun’s Network File System.
SONY LAUNCHES THE NEWS-NWS1800 WS-VERSIONS INTERNATIONALLY
