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From: jay@tscs.uucp (Jay Ts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Data General Aviion 7000, 8000
Keywords: New Data General 88K machines
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.175502.22610@tscs.uucp>
Date: 15 Mar 91 17:55:02 GMT
References: <1991Mar14.183029.11714@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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Distribution: comp
Organization: Total Support Computer Systems, Tampa, Florida
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In article <1991Mar14.183029.11714@neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) writes:
>
>  Can anyone from Data General elaborate on the
>architecture/capabilities of these machines?  I looked in the paper
>this morning, but there was no report, and only the picture of the
>pizza box and what looked like a 4 processor 88K system.

(I am not absolutely sure of the enclosed information; it was obtained
from the local DG sales office only one day after the official product intro)

The 7000/8000 Aviions are quad-processor servers.  Four 25 MHz 88000's
yield 117 MIPS of performance.  Price for an entry level 7000 (with only
16 Mb RAM and 660 Mb disk (?) ) is $96,650.  Both 7000 and 8000 are
expandable, but the 8000 is much more so.

I don't think they fit into a pizza box.