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Xerox also produced the Xerox Encryption Unit, intended to "sit atop a Xerox 6085 workstation processor" but reportedly usable by workstations and personal computers in general, for the encryption of IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet local area network traffic in government computing environments.
227:. Machines in this series include, in order, Dolphin, Dorado, Dicentra, Dandelion, Dandetiger, Daybreak, the never-manufactured Daisy, and Dragonfly "a 4-processor VLSI CPU developed at PARC and intended for a high-end printing system". 254:. Although years ahead of its time, it was never a commercial success. The proprietary closed architecture and Xerox's reluctance to release the 758: 230:
It was sold as the Xerox 6085 PCS (Professional Computer System) or ViewPoint 6085 PCS when sold as an office workstation running the
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Daybreak is the final release in the D* (pronounced D-Star) series of machines, some of which share the Wildflower CPU design by
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10, 20, 40, or 80 MB hard drive and 5¼-inch floppy disk drive; additional 100 and 190 MB option for Xerox 6085-2
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The Xerox 1186, nicknamed Daybreak, provides several unique, powerful features at a relatively low cost.
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CPU. The basic system comes with 1.1 MB of RAM and a 10 MB hard disk. It was introduced in 1985 at
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development environment for general use stifled any third-party development.
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system. ViewPoint is based on the Star software originally developed for the
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The Daybreak was also sold as a Xerox 1186 workstation when configured as a
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and was used extensively throughout Xerox until being replaced by
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15 or 19 inch (80 pixels per inch) monochrome displays
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1.1 MB, expandable to 3.7 MB; 4 MB for Xerox 6085-2
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No. 129. pp. 118–125. 14: 471: 379:"Local-area networking hardware" 16:Workstation computer (1985–1989) 385:. 25 September 1989. p. 60 316:Machrone, Bill (10 June 1986). 1: 528:Defunct, divested or acquired 340:"The Xerox 1186 LISP Machine" 338:Tello, Ernest R (July 1987). 759:Products introduced in 1985 318:"DOS Meets the Workstation" 78:; 39 years ago 780: 42:Xerox 6085 PCS, Xerox 1186 683: 509: 469: 24: 535:Scientific Data Systems 492:Keith Cozza (chairman) 220: 134:Mesa 8 MHz processor, 754:Computer workstations 693:Xerox Network Systems 218: 203:computer marketed by 540:Diablo Data Systems 207:from 1985 to 1989. 21: 344:Dr. Dobb's Journal 221: 91:Introductory price 736: 735: 732: 731: 707:Operating systems 677:Software products 672: 671: 558:Hardware products 553: 552: 186: 185: 771: 764:16-bit computers 681: 605:Xerox 500 series 562: 507: 475: 458:Joseph C. 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Xerox
Operating system
ViewPoint
CPU
Intel 80186
Ethernet
Xerox Star
workstation
Xerox

Butler Lampson
ViewPoint
Xerox Star
GlobalView
GUI
Suns
PCs
Mesa
hard disk
RAM
floppy disk
Ethernet
80186
Lisp machine


"DOS Meets the Workstation"

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