Unix OA in Japan

[Jim Gottlieb]

I am trying to design a Unix-based computer system for our office in
Tokyo and have some questions.  In the U.S. we use 386 machines
equipped with Unix along with serial terminals, as this gives greatest
cost/performance.  I have talked to SRI, who sells a Japanese version
of Interactive Unix, but they say they only sell on an OEM basis.

I also wonder how many Japanese applications have been ported to 386
Unix.  The impression I get from reading "Unix Magazine" here is that
workstations have a large majority of the the domestic Unix market.

But they are rather expensive (even more so than in the U.S.).  Which
brings me to the subject of cutting costs by using terminals.  I have
seen kanzi terminals hooked to point-of-sale systems and the like so I
know they exist.  Does anyone know if any of the workstations or 386
Unix systems marketed here support serial kanzi terminals?  I would 
rather not have to buy an X terminal for each desk just to be able 
to display characters.

Any assistance from someone with this kind of knowledge would be
appreciated.  Thanks.

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Jim Gottlieb 					Info Connections, Tokyo, Japan
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