Re: Info on DECstation 3100 wanted

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From: John Hascall
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1989 15:48

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In article <8731@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> aoki@postgres.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki) writes:
>This DECstation 3100 sounds nice -- $12K for a diskless 14 MIPS node.
>My gut reaction: I *want* one.
>

  Just attended the local announcement Tuesday, here's what I know/was told.

  MIPS R2000 CPU + R2010 FPU, 16.67Mhz   (~10 MIPS)
  64Kb data cache, 64Kb instr cache
  4-24Mb memory in 4Mb increments
  1024x864 (1 or 8 plane) 19" monitor
  1 internal 332Mb or 104Mb SCSI drive (optional)
  external SCSI port
  external TK50Z SCSI streaming tape (optional)
  Ethernet (thin & thick)
  Includes:
     Ultrix-32 (Posix, X/Open, OSF, X11, SVID compliant)
     NFS
     DECwindows (X windows)
     XUI, UIL, programmer's style guide
     TCP/IP
     optimizing C compiler
  DECnet/Ultrix (optional)
  prices: $12K base upto $43K fully loaded

  Very nice.  Also announced were:

   DECstation 210  (Tandy 286, 10Mhz, ~2.5K)
   DECstation 316  (Tandy 386, 16Mhz, ~3.5K)
   DECstation 320  (Tandy 386, 20Mhz, ~5.0K)
   VAXstation 3100 (improved VS3200 in a smaller box, ~8K upto 28K)
   VAXstation 3520/3540 (2 or 4 processor (SMP), 8 or 24 bitplanes,
		   3D geom engine, ~7 or ~14 MIPS, $ TBA, very nice!!)

John Hascall
ISU Comp Center
Ames, Iowa 50011

p.s. All prices quoted are "list", your bargaining power may vary... :-)

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From: hascall@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall)
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Subject: Re: Info on DECstation 3100 wanted
Keywords: DEC, DECstation 3100, MIPS
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Date: 12 Jan 89 15:48:55 GMT
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