Request for ALTOS versus NCR comparison

[Ray Shwake]

bruce at bmhalh.UUCP (Bruce M. Himebaugh) writes:

>What I am looking for is a good comparison of an Altos Series 5000 versus what
>ever the equivalent is for NCR.  A customer of ours (the company I work for) is
>going to be purchasing a new system and we are trying to determine which would
>best fit his needs.  

	Be aware that NCR is in the process of restructuring its entire
line, phasing out the Motorola 680x0 in favor of the Intel 386/486. The
NCR will be using a Micro Channel bus, if that matters to you; the Altos
runs on an EISA bus. First models of the new NCR line, as well as the
Altos, seem to be well regarded.

	As in all cases of such a radical shift, you'll need to look into
such issues of availability and delivery, especially of application soft-
ware of interest to you. At least in the beginning, the Altos is probably
the "safe" choice given that it's running a version of SCO UNIX, but
that should change very quickly.