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RE Wat's a "tahoe"

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From: Jeff Wallace - S.E.
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 15:04
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> Path: pyramid!amdahl!apple!jrg
> From: jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.tahoe
> Subject: What is a tahoe?
> Keywords: no! no! Mr. President not that button!!
> Message-ID: <28466@apple.Apple.COM>
> Date: 6 Apr 89 05:09:18 GMT
> Distribution: ba
> Organization: Galloway Research
> Lines: 6

> I give up, what the heck is a "tahoe"?

> apple!jrg	John R. Galloway, Jr.       contract programmer, San Jose, Ca

> These are my views, NOT Apple's, I am a GUEST here, not an employee!!



A "tahoe" is a unix based supermini computer manufactured by Computer
Consoles, Inc ( in Irvine). it comes in varrious flavors and is OEMed by
Unisys ( it will soon be droped - Sequent machine will replace it).
Harris has the manufacutring license and does re-package the unit.

       6/32e - 7000/30      5.0 MIPS    - reduced cache machine, but
					  same processor 

       6/32 sx    - Small unit ( under desk version) of the 6/32. Made
		    for the office environment, limited # of ports, disks.

       6/32  - 7000/40      7.7 Mips   32 MB Memory 16 GB disk
               7000/51


       6/32 MP - 7000/52    15 MIPS?   dual processor version of the 
	 				7000/40.


CCI was planning a power 7/64, but since they were bought out by STC of
England, there plans have been dropped.





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Subject: RE Wat's a "tahoe"
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Date: 7 Apr 89 15:04:17 GMT
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