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From: jbc@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Jeff Caldwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 9000 s 700 questions ????
Message-ID: <48580009@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com>
Date: 3 Apr 91 20:16:05 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.121715.25269@qut.edu.au>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>I'm not positive of the numbers so perhaps you are right but I must ask:
>How much does one of them IBM RS/6000 Model 550's costs?  How much is the
>HP9000/730?

Machine             Price      MFLOPs      Cost per MFLOP
------------      --------    -------      ---------------
IBM 6000/550      $138,000      25           $5,500
HP  9000/730        19,900      22              900

   It looks close, folks :-)

			-Jeff Caldwell