Unix has now spawned its own video series. The editors of Unique, the Unix newsletter, are currently in the throes of editing the first segment of their new Unix newscast, Unix Video Quarterly. Their idea is to put interesting Unix news and analysis on tape, figuring that a lot of it will be easier to watch than to read about. The service is aimed at large corporate end-users and some industry folk, priced at $195 a year for four tapes. Video number one, due out some time next month, will cover the Unix Expo and InterOP exhibitions, a book review segment hosted by Jim Joyce of the Unix Book Service, and close-ups on the Visix Looking Glass and Lynx real-time Unix operating system products. There will also be interviews with George White on Corollary’s 80486 multiprocessor, George Pajari on the Clarendon Datex Unix facsimile board, and AT&T on its Open Look Express. Producer David Fiedler notes that one of his technical problems is the superiority of workstation resolution over a TV screen, so he won’t be focusing on screens for a long period of time. The VHS tapes will be available in PAL, SECAM and NTSC formats. The production of Unix Video Quarterly marks the end of the monthly Unique newsletter, which started publishing in 1981. The final – August/September 1989 – issue featured a major article on the editor’s new baby!
