THE ATT PERSCNAL OQMPUTER 6300

摘要

The original intent for Personal Computers was to provide desk top computing for individuals.As use of PCs expanded,it was realized that communications among PCs and between PCs and mainframe computers were necessary.This paper discusses the features of the AT&T Personal Computer 6300 and describes how it can be used to communicate with other computers.The AT&T PC6300 is compatible with industry standard MS-DOS computers while at the same time offering enhanced features compared to competitive personal computers.The PC6300 offers standard features such as 1 or 2 floppy disk drives and an optional 10 megabyte bard disk,RAM memory from 128K to 640K,the ability to run most software that runs on industry standard machines,and industry standard hardware bus structure and a standard keyboard layout.The PC6300 also offers a number of features not offered on other PCs.The PC6300 uses a true 16-bit processor running at 8 MHz for a speed improvement of 2 to 3 times that of most other PCs.It has 7 expansion slots with a 160 watt power supply,a clock-calendar for date and time stamping of files,a hardware reset button,serial and parallel ports standard instead of optional and a keyboard mouse.It also offers both monochrome graphics monitors and color qraphics monitors with 640 by 400 resolution.All of these features are provided in a small desktop package.