[vcf-midatlantic] AT&T Technical Workstation / Counterpoint C-19

[Evan Koblentz]

Quite sure. Talked to the guy for 30 minutes and saw it with my own eyes.

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 8:19 PM alan--- via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

>
> Are you sure you're not thinking of Convergent?  That is the company
> that OEM'd the UNIX PC to AT&T
>
> -Alan
>
> On 2018-08-18 19:30, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > I thought there were some computer that looked everything like the AT&T
> > UNIX PC except they said "Counterpoint" on them rather than AT&T.
> > There
> > was a thread about it on vcforum, someone should check in the
> > workstations
> > section/ask there.
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 5:09 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> >> The owner sent me these links just now:
> >>
> >> -
> >>
> >>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=0DAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=counterpoint+C-XIX+computer&source=bl&ots=lUIBIwUSwy&sig=HNfhkZtHfhcqyi6oRWCojFvP2WM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2nr7YvffcAhWtmOAKHXOGBf0Q6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=counterpoint%20C-XIX%20computer&f=false
> >>
> >> -
> >>
> >>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=vrrvpxLbx7UC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=counterpoint+c-19+computer&source=bl&ots=xDeMrlnzOb&sig=mtHXM7HPzmrwCllyWaIkzj433I4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5kL-7vPfcAhUlWN8KHYU-BAg4ChDoATAJegQIARAB#v=onepage&q=counterpoint%20c-19%20computer&f=false
> >>
> >> -
> >>
> >>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/counterpoint$20computers$20inc./net.unix-wizards/14hFju53U8k/Av_szmvBH3oJ
> >> <
> >>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21search/counterpoint$20computers$20inc./net.unix-wizards/14hFju53U8k/Av_szmvBH3oJ
> >> >
> >>
> >> - It looks llike Acer may have bought Counterpoint Computers Inc after
> >> C-XIX failed to launch in 86-87 timeframe:
> >>
> >>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=uaik0Y8QKcYC&pg=PP41&lpg=PP41&dq=counterpoint+C-XIX+computer&source=bl&ots=GPQabN7N24&sig=82fo3e_vEINtfXzdp1UHPv5cRj4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2nr7YvffcAhWtmOAKHXOGBf0Q6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=counterpoint%20C-XIX%20computer&f=false
> >>
> >> - Bottom of page 92:
> >> https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/co/1986/05/01663233.pdf . As I
> >> recall, the system had X 10R3 or R4 on it, which puts it around 86-87,
> >> before X11 in 88-89.
> >>
>