Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpsgwp!plim From: plim@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com (Peter Lim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Open Letter to an MS-DOS User Message-ID: <3360018@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com> Date: 2 Apr 91 06:26:56 GMT References: <428.27F2446E@misgate.wciu.EDU> Organization: HP Singapore IC Design Ctr Lines: 58 / mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) / 12:12 am Apr 2, 1991 / writes: > Certainly. I'd LOVE to look at such a machine. We **DO** assume of course > that for that price you get a WHOLE COMPUTER. That is, for a Unix box, > > > CPU > 16 megabytes of memory > at least 600 megabytes of disk > 1024x1024 graphics, 256 colors, including monitor > Additional memory costs no more than $100 per megabyte. > Additional 600 megabyte disks no more than $2000. > Okay .... let me copy some info from the brochure .... This is for the 57 MIPS at under US$12K model. Before I begin, lets say that this is not official and you'll have to see HP Sales for the exact details. AND ... I AM NOT A SALESMAN ! HECK, I AM AN IC DESIGNER ! CPU .... definitely :-). [ 55.5 SPECmarks, 17 MFLOPS, 50 MHz clock speed ] [ 128Kbytes instruction cache size, 256Kbytes data cache size ] 16 MB ECC memory (standard) .... expandable to 64 MB. [ 80 nsec, 4 Mbit DRAM ] 10 Mbits/sec Ethernet LAN interface (standard). SCSI-II single ended 8 bit (standard). Parallel and Serial port (standard). EISA bus 1 (optional). 19 inch Mono (GRX) 1280x1024 monitor and graphics engine (standard). [ 256 levels of grayscale, 1280x1024 resolution, 72Hz monitor ] Mouse, keyboard, nice casing and speaker of course :-). SCSI-II hard disk 210 MB (standard ???) [ this is where things get a bit gray. I am under the impression that it comes with a hard disk. The brochure talks about all kinds of disk configuration --- 210 MB is the smallest of them all, so I presume that is the standard. I could be wrong. ] ** I could have left out something. Like I say above, call the proper channel for more accurate information. Besides, I don't want to accused of advertising ;-). .... I just want to pass this info on because I really believe this is a great line of machines. Have fun. Regards, ___o``\________________________________________________ ___ __ _ _ Peter Lim. V````\ @ @ . .. ... .- -> 76 MIPS at under US$20K !! --- -- - - /.------------------------------------------------ === == = = >--_// . .. ... .- -> 57 MIPS at under US$12K !! `' . If you guessed SUN, IBM or DEC, your are wrong ! E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, Singapore 0410. #include