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From: greenstr@cstw75.prl.philips.nl (Roland Greenstreet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hmm... Wonder what this is?
Keywords: RISC, RS/6000
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Date: 13 Apr 90 08:58:31 GMT
References: <W9L#|A%@rpi.edu> <186@tropez.UUCP>
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Reply-To: greenstr@cst.prl.philips.nl (Roland Greenstreet)
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In article <186@tropez.UUCP> dlucy@tropez.UUCP (Doug Lucy) writes:
>In article <W9L#|A%@rpi.edu>, nforcer@pawl.rpi.edu (Paul J Stewart) writes:
>
>How about a line of Unix (AIX) computers for use as workstations and
>file servers. The botoom-of-the-line is the PowerStation 320
>
>	IBM RISC chip
>	PS/2 small footprint case
>	1284 x 1024 grey scale monitor
>	AIX
>	Mouse
>	X Windows
>	8 Mb RAM
>	120 Mb harddisk
>	3.5" floppy
>	Ethernet adapter
>	27 MIPS performance
>	$14,995 (that's right, $14,995)
>
>And the top-of-the-line FileStation (?) has 43 MIPS. I wonder if
>these thigns actually work.
>

I think you have missed a few things out here :-

  POWERstation 320
    Fully IBM compatable ( but not using any Intel chips )
    7.4 MFLOPS
    NeXT Step display postscipt display.
    EIA-232D, EIA-422A and MIL-spec 188 asynchronus ports.
    Possibility for 24-bit 3D graphics.
    Unix compatable with 4.3 BSD and AT & T V.3. Plus a lot more new
    commands.

This is their bottom end machine, the range extends to the POWERServer 930.
With various perforamce ratings from 27.5 MIPS to 41.1MIPS, or 7.5MFLOPS
to 13MFLOPS. Hopefully one of these will be available for me to take a look
at soon, when I have I will post more information.
From everything I have heard I think the IBM has hit the workstation/server
market hard with this announcement. They will be shipping in quantity very
soon.

Hope this is of Help

R.J.Greenstreet.