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`With videotex. users can re—
`oeive fratrtes of text and graph-
`ics—sent by cable or broad—
`cast—on television sets or com—
`puter monitors. Videoth sys-
`tems are potentially interactive:
`users might call the Sears cata-
`log up on screen. for example,
`then punch a few computer keys
`to order a new shirt.
`The only commercial U.S.
`videoth service is Vicwtron.
`launched in southern Florida
`last year by the Knight—Ridder
`newspaper chain. Knight—Ridv
`der estimates that Viewtron will
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`have 5.000 subscribers by next
`fall. far below original predic-
`tions of 150.000 subscribers.
`High cost may be one reason
`for Viewtron's poor showing.
`experts say. In addition to pay-
`ing Sl2 a month for the videotex
`service. users must buy a $600
`dedicated
`videotex
`terminal
`supplied by AT&T
`IBM already sells software
`that allows its Series I computer
`to handle videotex database as
`well as terminal functions. The
`system handles only 32 users at
`once.
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`Per plays key character part in
`a slowly unrolling worldwide plot
`NEW YORK—For
`years.
`package that will turn PCs and
`videotcx has been touted as the
`XTs into videoth terminals.
`home information system of the
`priced at $250. and a version for
`future. Now IBM seems ready
`the Per priced at $220. The
`to give videotex the push it
`product will go on sale in Octo-
`her.
`needs to get off the ground.
`Earlier
`this your IBM an-
`nouneed a joint venture with
`Sears and CBS to market video-
`tcx services, although nothing
`will be available for several
`years. Thomas C. Papes, assis-
`tant group executive of lBM‘s
`Information Systems Groups
`and a fonner IBM vice presi-
`dent. has been named to head
`the lBM-CBS-Sears venture.
`Another
`IBM
`executive.
`William W. Seclinger. manager
`of videotex. market development
`for IBM. will chair the Videotex
`Industry Association for I984.
`Now IBM has announced a
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`Popular in Europe
`Although videotex is popular
`in Europe. PC users won't find
`much to do with their videotex
`terminals in the United States.
`[BM may be crying to make its
`own market; as some observers
`have pointed out. the PC didn't
`have any software when it was
`first introduced. either.
`services.
`Since
`videolcx
`when they do appear. will be
`designed mainly for home use.
`IBM‘s videotex announcements
`may eventually hold particular
`importance for Per sales.
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`“There are a number of prod-
`ucts we are not announcing to-
`day.“ Casale told the standings
`room-only audience at AT&'I‘s
`new Manhattan offices which
`are directly across the street
`from IBM's new building. Nor
`did these announcements have
`any “direct bearing .." he said . on
`AT&T‘s
`licensing agreement
`with Convergent Technologies.
`presumed by industry experts to
`be for u microcomputer.
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`Desktop Supermicro
`ATSLTs 332.300 is a slick.
`technically super micro def
`signed around the Bell Lab~
`oratories’ 256K chip and the
`Western Electric 32000 micro—
`processor. lt's estimated to have
`apowerof .5 MIPS tmillionsol’
`instructions per second). but
`AT&T officials wouldn't sub-
`stantiate that figure at the con-
`ferencc.
`The 382130) was exhibited
`with the sophisticated Teletype
`5620B dot-mapped
`display
`(which also has a 32000). The
`display measures l5 inches di—
`agonally and has resolution of
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`Olson was equally ebullient
`about
`this market: "The seg-
`menl we chose for our point of
`entry is one of the fastest grow—
`ing pans of the market. We be—
`lieve._.that
`the clear trend is
`toward ntulti—uscr distributed
`processing systems rather than
`stand-alone computers."
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`800 by l024 pixels and comes
`uct announcements will likely be
`with a bright red. three-button
`from third-party or value-added
`mouse.
`The
`56201)
`costs
`rcntarketers—such as Corvus
`and 3Com—rather than AT&T.
`56.1l5.
`Boards for connecting IBM
`The PC Interface was developed
`PCs casin can be inserted into
`by Locus Computing Corp. of
`the 3 021300.
`Santa Monica. California.
`“0 boards slip into the di—
`Another Ethemct—compatible
`minutive machine‘s side. Serial
`product
`is the high-speed 33
`terminal connections are made
`Net
`for connecting the new
`PC Interface
`(of course) with telephone-style
`computers:
`the coaxial cable
`Neither the 3321300 or the
`network operates at up to l0
`modular connectors.
`a great
`PC Interface will be avaitable
`space saver over the more com
`megabits per second and over a
`V1-kilorneter distance.
`mon 25-pin connector. Boards
`until the third quaner of I934.
`The PC network cluster will
`will be available later this year
`ATdrT announced two super
`for Omninet and Ethernet net-
`come in three configurations.
`minicomputcrs.
`the
`bigger
`said Jack M. Scanlon. the tech
`work hookups.
`3320s and the office system
`CBS. The 3320 Model A
`Both networks are proven on
`nical guru for AT&T‘s new com-
`the PC. with systems available
`puter line of business. Users
`(5340.000) is the real biggie.
`will either link PCs to the AT&T
`from Corvus Technologies and
`capable of handling 150 users
`box through the standard R5232
`3Com Corp. AT&T's vote of
`and operating at an estimated
`port or via boards avai [able from
`confidence
`in
`products
`de-
`LS to LS MIPS—although
`Omninel and other manufac-
`ATdtT officials
`at
`the
`con-
`veloped by these firms will bol-
`ference called MIPS a less-than—
`stcr their market position.
`turers adhering to the Ethernet
`baseband standard.
`This low-end system is ideal
`precise comparison for pro-
`The advent of the 3132 as a
`forcnginceringand CADICAM
`eessors. preferring to talk about
`network host or controller is
`(computer-aided-design
`and
`"throughput".
`good news indeed for PC users.
`manufacturing)
`applications.
`ATSLT‘s mid—range 335 is
`said Casalc. or for “small busi-
`aimed at the office; the Model
`The marketplace
`has
`been
`l00 [$57,000] handles 30 users
`thirsting for a “brand name“
`nesses just starting to be civi-
`and the Model 200 (573.000!
`server to augment the less-wellr
`lized by the computer. "
`ATtEtT chairman and chief
`known products from vendors
`doubies that. by simply adding
`executive
`officer
`James E.
`such as Altos and Nestar. Prod-
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`another Model IUD. I
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