As promised (CI No 2,093), Unisys Corp has entered the desktop Unix market with its new U 6000/DT line of workstations. Designed to be used as high-performance clients and entry-level servers, the U 6000/DT systems are claimed to be the first in the industry specifically designed to run the Novell Inc UnixWare client-server operating system for seamless integration with Unix and NetWare environments. The two U 6000/DT systems are slimline desktop units with 33MHz 80486 or 66MHz 80486DX2 and will be upgradable to Pentium performance. They have built in Ethernet, and the entry-level U 6000/DT1 desktop starts at $2,490, the client or server U 6000/DT2 costs from $2,750. A DT1 with 16Mb, two EISA slots, 240Mb disk and colour is costs $4,500.
