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From: jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice)
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Subject: Re: Data General NEW AVIION machine
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Date: 27 Mar 91 14:41:55 GMT
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In-reply-to: linley@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com's message of 18 Mar 91 23:34:48 GMT

Linley Gwennap writes:

|   I saw the ad, but not the press release.  Does anybody know if the
|   claims "over 100 MIPS" and "under $100,000" apply to the same system,
|   or is this one of these marketing things.  ("Prices start at under
|   $100,000, but if you want the four-processor system...")

Prices start at about $35K.  The 117 MIPS starts at $96K.  I was unable
to determine the "base configuration" for these prices from my DG material.