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Article #8014Re: DEC Alpha AXP System Performance
From: Jason W Solinsky
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:01
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:01
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In article <1992Nov10.211153.5992@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, bhandarkar@wrksys.enet.dec.com (Dileep Bhandarkar) writes: |> |> In article <BxIJxr.GD5.1@cs.cmu.edu>, nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) writes... |> > |> >Two questions: |> > |> > - how much do these machines cost? What's the SPEC/$? |> |> DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP starts at $15K |> DEC 3000 Model 500 AXP starts at $39K |> DEC 4000 AXP starts at about $70K |> DEC 7000 AXP starts at about $150K |> DEC 10000 AXP starts at about $300K I can't believe that DEC still hasn't learned enough to put out a micro immediatelly. How long is it going to be before they put together a minimal Alpha system and sell it at a reasonable price? Is anybody out there trying to use the Alpha in a small box and beat them to the punch? Jason W. Solinsky
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!solman From: solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: DEC Alpha AXP System Performance Message-ID: <1992Nov13.140121.1923@athena.mit.edu> Date: 13 Nov 92 14:01:21 GMT References: <1992Nov10.153629.27510@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <BxIJxr.GD5.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Nov10.211153.5992@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: m4-035-18.mit.edu