Date   : Wed, 16 May 1984 10:31:44 PDT (Wednesday)
From   : Bicer.ES@XEROX.ARPA
Subject: Re: Machines and DBMS's

How about a Compupro 816D, with lots of MDrive/H. This is 
one of the fastest systems available today. MP/M86, I think,
should be faster than Unix on similar machines. What will tie
you down is the speed of the hard disk. If you get a fast
one (average access time less then 35 msec), you should be
fine. Now, for programs that require overlays and fast response
(like WordStar), there is nothing better than a RAM drive (MDrive/H).

-- Jack Bicer