SunRiver Corp, Austin, Texas, has launched a range of fibre optic-connected X Window stations. The Xcel series is designed for use with Intel 80386 and 80486-based Unix systems running Santa Cruz Operation Inc’s Open Desktop and Interactive Systems Corp’ X11 X Window code. They use SunRiver’s 32Mbyte-per-second channel interface and include MS-DOS VGA compatibility. Sold without monitors, the three models include 2Mb RAM, a 60MHz graphics processor, serial ports, keyboard, mouse and Xcel server code. The XL-8, which supports a screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels, costs $2,000. An XL-10, supporting a resolution of 1,024 by 768, is priced at $2,300, and the XL-12 comes in at $3,000, supporting 1,280 by 1,024 screen resolution.
