DG Review articles from March 1989

DG Review archives from March 1989

Grasping cache, part 3. (AOS-VS operating system)
March 1, 1989... GRASPING CACHE, PART 3 In Part II of this cache business, we decided to apply Moore's Law, which states: "If some is good, more is better, and too much is just right." A popular question these days is "What happens if you make your cache...

UNIX impressions; going from AOS-VS to UNIX with BBasic. (Business Basic)
March 1, 1989... UNIX IMPRESSIONS UNIX is an operating system one hears more and more about these days. Now that Data General has embraced UNIX as a major part of their future strategy, it should be of interest to Business BASIC users, too. According to...

Truth in databases.
March 1, 1989... TRUTH IN DATABASES As you may or may not know, I was scheduled to give a paper at last fall's NADGUG Conference. Unfortunately, I had to cancel at the very last moment. Now I doubt that anybody went to Philly for the sole purpose of...

Qwest for tools; telecommunications company looking for application development tools finds EXSYS. (Qwest Inc.)
March 1, 1989... QWEST FOR TOOLS Three years ago, Qwest, a telecommunications company serving the long distance needs of common carriers and corporate customers, was growing by leaps and bounds and trying to make the transition from a CP/M environment to...

Fine tuning the MV-20000. (Data General Corp.)
March 1, 1989... FINE TUNING THE MV/20000 When your system starts to bog down and log-ons take longer than lunch, it's time to do something. More horsepower is an obvious response, but not always a proper one, as we shall see. About a year ago, our...

Love hate love. (Special report - Data General Corp. and value-added resellers) (includes related article - an interview with John McGlone, director of Data General's Channel Marketing Division)
March 1, 1989... LOVE HATE LOVE I've dealt with Data General and the DG community in many capacities the last 15 years. During this time, I've seen DG go through three distinct phases in their association with VARs--a definite love-hate-love relationship....

There's a VAR out thar. (Special report - Data General Corp. and value-added resellers)
March 1, 1989... THERE'S A VAR OUT THAR In the '60s and '70s, VARs (known then as OEMs) effectively formed the customer foundation upon which companies such as Data General were built. VARs (value added resellers) have been an integral part of the...

DG introduces DG-OSI Communications Architecture. (Data General Corp.) (includes related article about Data General joining the OSI-Network Management Forum) (product announcement)
March 1, 1989... DG INTRODUCES DG/OSI COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE Data General has introduced its DG/OSI Communications Architecture, a set of networking tools that broadens the company's suite of products based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)...

VAR councils: an evolutionary success. (Special report - Data General Corp. and value-added resellers)
March 1, 1989... VAR COUNCILS: AN EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS Are VAR councils just a fancy way of giving lip service? The guy who should know says no--Data General is addressing, in one fashion or another, all concerns brought up at the VAR councils, according...

VAR help desks. (Special report - Data General Corp. and value-added resellers)
March 1, 1989... VAR HELP DESKS This is real life to a VAR who runs a 24-hour help desk. If your customers function around-the-clock, they need the security of knowing they can get help when it's needed. They could call 1-800-DGHELPS. However, the...

Getting small with DG. (Special report - Data General Corp. and value-added resellers)
March 1, 1989... GETTING SMALL WITH DG Data General has implemented a multitude of new VAR (value-added reseller) programs in the past two years as part of their much publicized effort to improve VAR channels. The programs are designed to help existing...

One bad bug. (Data General Corp.'s RDOS Revision 7.6)
March 1, 1989... ONE BAD BUG 1989. Like all new years, this one marks the end of some old ways and the start of new ones--the end of the jelly bean president; the beginning of the president who can't dance; and RDOS Rev. 7.6, which will mark the end of...

Shortcuts. (tips on using CEO Drawing Board)
March 1, 1989... SHORTCUTS I've made so many overheads, maps, organization charts and other presentation graphics with CEO Drawing Board that I can almost do them in my sleep. As a result of those long hours at the keyboard, I've developed a set of speedy...

DG debuts Dasher-386 Unix system, signs agreements with Interactive and Language Processors, Inc. (Data General Corp.) (product announcement)
March 1, 1989... DG DEBUTS DASHER/386 UNIX SYSTEM, SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH INTERACTIVE AND LANGUAGE PROCESSORS, INC. Data General has released an entry-level, multi-user UNIX system based on its Dasher/386 personal computer and the strategic relationships...