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===MiniFrame=== Convergent introduced the [[Motorola 68010]]-based MiniFrame in May 1984 running CTIX.<ref name="InfoWorldMiniFrame">{{cite news|last=Shea|first=Tom|title=Convergent Shipping Miniframe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ui4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|access-date=13 November 2017|publisher=InfoWorld|page=16|date=28 May 1984}}</ref> The MiniFrame came with 512 KB on the motherboard and could be extended with up to four stackable expansion boards (Ethernet, eight RS-232 ports, 512 KB memory boards), with a max of 2 MB RAM using three memory boards. The MiniFrame was used as the basis to develop the AT&T UNIX PC. NCR and Burroughs were two resellers of the MiniFrame.<ref name="InfoWorldIndustryWorkhorse"/> Gould sold the MiniFrame as the Powerstation 2000 running UTX/2000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Connolly |first1=James |title=Gould Powerseries gets low-end addition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KAUpSdv4AO4C&pg=PA59 |publisher=ComputerWorld |date=May 21, 1984 |pages=59, 73}}</ref> Motorola resold the MiniFrame as the System 6300 under the [[Four-Phase Systems]] Series 6000.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Four-Phase Series 2000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 |journal=Datapro Research Corporation |date=February 1985 |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/datapro/programmable_terminals/Datapro_C21_Four-Phase.pdf}}</ref> Motorola/Four-Phase pioneered development of international character support for Unix platforms for their [[EMEA]] business using the CTOS/CTIX equipment.
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