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Aucbvax.6261 fa.works utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!works Mon Feb 22 21:03:06 1982 Bit-map for the Wicat >From RI@MIT-XX Mon Feb 22 09:13:06 1982 I have been in touch with Howard Gordon of Peninsula Research, which is marketing the WICAT. When I asked him about bit-map availability for the WICAT, and told him of its importance for a workstation, he replied in a letter dated November 1981.

". . . Peninsula Research is working with Andy Bechtolscheim of Stanford University to integrate his graphics and Ethernet boards with WICAT hardware.

"We will perform our first integration tests in mid-December with the graphics card installed in a WICAT System 150. Assuming we encounter no major problems, we should have a working prototype of a complete work station with bit-map graphics, Ethernet, MC68000, 256KB RAM, 10MB Winchester, 1MB floppy, and WICAT software in January.

"It is our expectation that WICAT will take the work station into production in early 1982. The total package would retail for approximately $12,000."

For more information, contact: Howard R. Gordon Peninsula Research 20 Hurricane Street Marina Del Rey, CA 90291 213-392-6200

-- Richard Ilson -------

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