Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!ucbvax!info-vax From: art@ACC.ARPA Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: NEW VAXen!!! Message-ID: <8602011840.AA20457@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 20:26:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8602011840.AA20457 Posted: Wed Jan 29 20:26:00 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 3-Feb-86 01:29:49 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 31 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa This will probably be one of a flurry of similar messages. DEC unveiled three new members of the VAX family during a press announcment at something like 150 locations worldwide. The machines cover midrange and a new top end machine. The machines are the 8200, 8300 and 8800. All three incorporate the new VAXBI Bus (Backplane Interconnect) with BI/UNIBUS adapters. The 8200 is rated equal to the 780. The 8300 has two CPU cards and is currently rated at 1.6 times a 780. The 8800 has two new ECL based CPUs tied to a high speed memory bus, which in turn connects to up to four VAXBIs. The 8800 is currenly rated at 12 times a 780. The two CPUs in the 8300 and 8800 are currently used by VMS in a nonsymetric system, with the second CPU only performing process execution. Future releases of VMS will move toward a fully symetric multiprocessor system of two (or more) CPUs. DEC claims that will symetric multiprocessing, the 8200 will approach 2 times a 780 and the 8800 14 times a 780. The VAXBI will support the UNIBUS adapter, an MSCP disk controller for RA series disks, CI bus adapter and soon an Ethernet controller. The 8200 comes in a single bay, low-boy cabinet (about the size of the newest uVAX-II package). The 8800 comes in the same sized package as a 780. Complete packages ranged from about $140K for an 8200 to about $700K for an 8800. Although not talked about while I was there, the 8200 glossy implied that ULTRIX was available for at least the 8200. The 8200 and 8300 correspond to project "Scorpio" and the 8800 to project "Nautilus". ------