...and Almarc Spirit comes back in Uniqix guise

Welcome Back to Familiar Names, pt. II; the Almarc Spirit (RIP, issue 46) has resurfaced in the hands of Unix-specialist Uniqix.

Uniqix (02556 79414) has produced a floating-point add-on to boost the power of its range of Spirit micros.

At £3,995 - for the system, software and one year's support - the device is for users who develop software on large minicomputers and are looking for a lower cost system to move it to. Uniqix says in the past this was difficult to do because of lack of floating-point hardware on smaller systems.

In publicity material the Essex-based firm's micros bear Almarc's label. But a Uniqix spokesman said: "Our machines have nothing to do with Almarc except in 'spirit'. Basically it's the same box, but with a 68000 processor."