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From: tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 486/25 Power Platform for PS/2 70-A21
Keywords: Intel 80486, PS/2 70, AIX, cost
Message-ID: <11262@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: 12 Jul 89 19:39:35 GMT
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In article <19000@gatech.edu> ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III) writes:

>What will it cost and when will it ship?

The upgrade board costs $3,999, and you need the Model 70 A21 to plug
it into.  That costs about $8,995.  It won't ship until Intel delivers
production quantities.

>Will AIX run on it (it should)?

Word has it that it won't run AIX nor OS/2 just yet.  I am not sure
if this is do to bugs in early silicon or just plain incompatibilities.
I would guess its the bugs.

>What kind of real-world performace will you gain from a 486/25 over a
>386/25 (marketing rubbish claims 80% on 'buisiness applications' 
>(whatever they are) and 4 times better on 'compute intensive applications' 
>(whatever they are))

Yeah, maybe a factor of two.

>If it delivers what they claim, might actually be a reason to buy a
>PS/2-70 (heaven forbid...;').

Or, you could just wait and buy an AST or a Compaq, which will most
certainly come out at about the same time, cost less, and perform
better.  And, it will have an ISA bus, so you can actually find things
to plug in.

People should realize by now that IBM hasn't had a personal computer
that is faster than the competition since Compaq opened its doors.

Tim