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UNIX in local industry

The following list was obtained from the local AT&T; (a UNIX vendor) technician. It is a list of companies in the Rockhampton area that are using UNIX. There are also another 20 or so smaller sites serviced by AT&T.;

Table 1.1
Local companies using UNIX
Company System Purpose
Coles New World dual Pentium machine Control most point of sale (POS) functions and handles communications between checkouts, Head Office and EFT control points.
AE Baker 25 user system stock control and point-of-sale
Lawrence & Hanson, Auslec 25 user system stock control and point-of-sale
Growers Own Market 4 user system (SCO UNIX) stock control and point-of-sale
Watson and Crane 10 user system point-of-sale
Pizza Hut and Silvios Pizza . point-of-sale and stock control
Rex Silver and Associates 5 users Insurance application
Hastings Deering 250 user, multi-processor box with multiple ISDN and dialup connections .
Telstra 68020 boxes Communications concentrators

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