Unisys Corp has added an attached processor version of its Single Chip A Series Mainframe Processor, the microprocessor implementation of the A Series, so that users can develop and run A Series and Unix or OS/2 applications side by side on the same machine. Called the Unisys Co-operative Computing Platform, it uses 33MHz 80386s for the side designed to run Unix System V or OS/2, which will be integrated under the Unisys Co-operative Computing Environment with the MCP/AS version of the Master Control Program. Unisys claims that the Micro-A side compares favourably in transaction processing with the AS/400 up to the B45, and with the DEC VAX up to the 3800. The machine can also run MS-DOS and be integrated into a NetWare network. The base model combines a 33MHz 80386 with a second-generation Micro-A with 12Mb on the board, which goes into one AT slot, for $26,750. It can be grown to 36Mb A Series memory, 16Mb on the 80386, 6Gb disk and two SCSI buses – that costs over $100,000.
