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In article <1gitslINNnat@gap.caltech.edu> ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar) writes:
>In article <1giql5INNo5@hamblin.math.byu.edu> bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill  
>Smith) writes:
>> Well, I'll pass another rumor on from a friend.  While the
>> 88110-flavor box has been dropped, another design based
>> on it appears to be the version they will release.  It has
>> a multiprocessing feature with plug-in sites for several
>> cpu's, you just have another plugged in if you want it.  The
>> alpha is not going to be the chip they use, it will also
>> not be P5. No waiting for 68060 either.  Not R4000-etc.
>> Not Sparc.  Not IBM.  Want to take a guess what's driving
>> it? 
>
>What does that leave?
>
>HP PA-RISC is the obvious answer.  It's fast, cheap, has a good rep, and might  
>pave the way for a NeXTSTEP port to Snakes.

While the performance of the PA architecture is obviously desirable, I'd
like to check out the cost of complete systems from HP.  Many of the
advertised prices from HP are for diskless boxes with minimal RAM and the
low-end has very little internal expansion.

Does anyone have any list prices of HP systems that are fully configured?

If PA is in the plans for NeXT, I hope either HP or NeXT builds a box
specifically for NS or one without any HP proprietary gotchyas.  We have
been working with the HP 9000 800 series for the last few weeks and HP has
quite a bit to learn about putting a decent OS on what is really some 
wonderful hardware.  Also, the 700's and 800's are not binary compatible
due most probably to the multiprocessor architecture of the 800.
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