PC/QT 386-25C               Rugged 386 file server
PCQT Makes Rugged File Servers
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Personal Computer Quality Technology's 25-MHz 80386, PC/QT
386-25C, is built to survive as a file server through natural
disasters like voltage surges, power loss, floods, dusty work
areas, earthquakes, and falling objects. It's also said to be
quiet and mobile. PCQT boasts that the 386-25C is low on EMI/RFI
emissions due to conductive rubber gaskets around both sides and
at the floppy-drive door.
 
Standard configuration includes 4 megabytes RAM, expandable to 20
megabytes with an expansion board, a 3.5-inch 1.44-megabyte
floppy-disk drive, a 32K-byte static cache RAM, and a SCSI
driver. The BIOS is Phoenix.
 
Inside the system for hard- and floppy-disk drives, there's a
shock- and vibration-protected chassis with room for four
half-height disk drives. This chassis is designed to absorb shock
and vibration from any direction, PCQT claims.
 
For expansion, the chassis will accommodate four 5.25-inch
drives. You can also add two 32-bit, two 8-bit, and four 16-bit
add-in boards.
 
Each system is based on an extruded aluminum frame with zink
plated steel and metal parts; dimensions are 17 by 23 by 7 inches
and weight is 46 pounds. Besides the recessed floppy-disk drive
opening, the 386-25C features removable top, side, and back
covers. The interface boards are accessible through a protected
panel at the rear. Cables and boards are protected from water.
A ground bar allows low-impedance grounding of I/O cables. Also,
an enclosed cooling system keeps dust off the internal components
and quiets the system when it's running.
 
Two locking mechanisms are standard -- one for triple password
protection and one physical lock to keep the floppy-disk door
shut as well as to disenable the reset button, keyboard access,
and other protruding controls.
 
The standard system doesn't include a monitor or keyboard.
 
Price: $7000.
 
Contact: Personal Computer Quality Technology, (PCQT) Inc., 12930
Saratoga Ave., Suite B7, Saratoga, CA 95070, (408) 255-1131.
 
                              --- Roger K. Adams
 
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