Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!internet!Martin Fouts From: Martin Fouts Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Has anyone heard of this machine? Message-ID: <5844@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 14:49:46 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5844 Posted: Fri Nov 16 14:49:46 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Nov-84 20:16:18 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 18 Don't know from Chi 7, but have in front of me the 5 November issue of Computerworld which contains on Page 75 a description (under the banner "Convex unveils Unix-based scientific processing system") of the Convex C-1 system, which the article claims is priced at 495k, has a "peak performance of approximately 60" mflop does scalar calculations four times faster than an 11/780 and does some of the Livermore Labs benchmarks at 20 to 25 times faster. The 495k configuration has 4M bytes of 64 bit memory, one i/o processor, 414Mbyte winchester disk, 6250 bpi tape, and a '4.2 enhanced' Unix with Fortran 77 and C. The vendor is listed as Covnex Systems, Suite 151, 1819 Fireman Drive, Richardson, Texax 75091 marty ----------