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In <8384@phoenix.princeton.edu> mbkennel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Matthew B. Kennel) wrote:
>NOTE: I posted this about 3 weeks ago, basically asking questions
>about DG's 88000-based workstation.  I received replies that
>fell into about 3 categories:
>	1)  "Yeah, me too.  Post any information that you find."
>	2)  "We have a whole stable of computers here, this is what I find
>happens on my floating-point programs.  We don't have a DG though."
>	3)  "Hey, why don't you look at the NeXT, or Sparcstation."
>
>Notice what's missing: information about DG's computer.  
>I've tried mailing to the various DG folks on the newsgroup, but some mail
>daemons apparently had other ideas.  So, if anyone here makes, sells, or
>uses a Data General 88k workstation, please try to reply or post.
>(followups are set to comp.sys.misc)
>
>The Iris is out of my price range ($20K+), but I really don't need
>all the fancy color graphics.  What I want is something like a 
>	monochrome screen, medium-sized disk (~100 MB), and appropriate amount
>of memory(8 mb I guess).  

Well, I passed on the first note because you specifically asked about the DG
machine, and I have only an Opus 8000.  It is an 88000, and we got the
first commercial one shipped.  We are in the midst of pricing another one,
and we may have a chance to try our application on one before we decide to
buy.  I also passed because you were asking about the low end, and I tend
to go for the things that are in the 25k to 30k price range.  If you have
a PC already, you might check out the Opus card - the card is $13,101 +
~$180 + ~$525 (evaluation price thru end of May) and provides a 20MHz (17
MIPS) 88000 with 20MB of ram (less memory has a lower price - I don't
remember them offhand).

The Opus is really a System V beast, with a BSD overlay for sockets and
such.  I'm sure they'd love to give you more info than I have.

On my double-precision intensive applications, I get about 2.6 times the
performance of an Intergraph 30MHz Clipper.  I really anticipate the
higher speed versions!

[Usual disclaimers - I don't work for Opus, I just use their products.]
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