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From: pollack@uicsl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Pyramid 90x - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 10-Aug-83 22:41:26 EDT
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uicsl!pollack    Aug 10 16:50:00 1983

A salesman and the chief engineer from Pyramid Technologies came and
gave us a pitch on their machine. Although it probably doesn't
belong in net.micro, here are some notes I took on it:

motto:
"A Superior Unix-based SuperMini Computer, Tailorable over Time"

runs Bell Unix V5
  (with some Berkeley enhancements)
Uses a common tree-based intermediate language for all its compilers,
  which provides lots of optimization
Claim of 2-4 time Vax780 performance

32 bit data and address paths
VM with 2k blocks
Small Instruction set (ala RISC)
Very Large Register set (528 32bit regs!)
125ns cycle time
32Mb/sec bus
40 card slots (plus optional extra box)

Small physical dimensions: approximately 25"b 40"d 51"h

Sample Price:

4Mb of memory, 16 users, 380Mb Disk = $125K




I have the phone number of the VP in charge of sales, if you need it.


Jordan Pollack
Univ. of Ill.
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