Daybreak is the final release in the D* (pronounced D-Star) series of machines, some of which share the Wildflower CPU design by Butler Lampson. 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".[1]
It was sold as the Xerox 6085 PCS (Professional Computer System) or Viewpoint 6085 PCS when sold as an office workstation running the Viewpoint system. Viewpoint is based on the Star software originally developed for the Xerox Star. The 6085 ran the ViewPoint (later GlobalView)GUI and was used extensively throughout Xerox until being replaced by Suns and PCs. Although years ahead of its time, it was never a commercial success. The proprietary closed architecture and Xerox's reluctance to release the Mesa development environment for general use stifled any third-party development.
A fully configured 6085 came with an 80MB hard disk, 3.7MB of RAM, a 5¼-inch floppy disk drive, an Ethernet controller, and a PC emulator card containing an 80186 CPU. The basic system comes with 1.1MB of RAM and a 10MB hard disk. It was introduced in 1985 at US$4,995 (equivalent to $12,585 in 2021).[2]
The Daybreak was also sold as a Xerox 1186 workstation when configured as a Lisp machine.
References
^"DigiBarn: Wildflower Web site (Dandelion)". www.digibarn.com.
^PC Mag. Ziff Davis, Inc. 1991-06-11. p. 50. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
External links
OLD-COMPUTERS.COM: Museum: Xerox 6085
January 03, 2023
xerox, daybreak, also, xerox, 6085, xerox, 1186, workstation, computer, marketed, xerox, from, 1985, 1989, xerox, 6085also, known, asxerox, 6085, xerox, 1186developerxeroxmanufacturerxeroxtypeworkstationrelease, date1985, years, 1985, introductory, priceus, eq. Xerox Daybreak also Xerox 6085 PCS Xerox 1186 is a workstation computer marketed by Xerox from 1985 to 1989 Xerox DaybreakXerox 6085Also known asXerox 6085 PCS Xerox 1186DeveloperXeroxManufacturerXeroxTypeWorkstationRelease date1985 38 years ago 1985 Introductory priceUS 4 995 equivalent to 12 600 in 2021 Discontinued1989 1989 Operating systemViewPointCPUMesa 8 MHz processor Intel 80186 auxiliary processor for PC emulationMemory1 1 MB expandable to 3 7 MB 4 MB for Xerox 6085 2Storage10 20 40 or 80 MB hard drive and 5 inch floppy disk drive additional 100 and 190 MB option for Xerox 6085 2Display15 or 19 inch 80 pixels per inch monochrome displaysConnectivityEthernetPredecessorXerox StarOverview Edit Xerox 8010 6085 Dusseldorf 1984 1989 Daybreak is the final release in the D pronounced D Star series of machines some of which share the Wildflower CPU design by Butler Lampson 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 1 It was sold as the Xerox 6085 PCS Professional Computer System or Viewpoint 6085 PCS when sold as an office workstation running the Viewpoint system Viewpoint is based on the Star software originally developed for the Xerox Star The 6085 ran the ViewPoint later GlobalView GUI and was used extensively throughout Xerox until being replaced by Suns and PCs Although years ahead of its time it was never a commercial success The proprietary closed architecture and Xerox s reluctance to release the Mesa development environment for general use stifled any third party development A fully configured 6085 came with an 80MB hard disk 3 7MB of RAM a 5 inch floppy disk drive an Ethernet controller and a PC emulator card containing an 80186 CPU The basic system comes with 1 1MB of RAM and a 10MB hard disk It was introduced in 1985 at US 4 995 equivalent to 12 585 in 2021 2 The Daybreak was also sold as a Xerox 1186 workstation when configured as a Lisp machine References Edit DigiBarn Wildflower Web site Dandelion www digibarn com PC Mag Ziff Davis Inc 1991 06 11 p 50 Retrieved 2018 02 02 External links EditOLD COMPUTERS COM Museum Xerox 6085 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Xerox Daybreak amp oldid 1129613217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
