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From: wtm@buengc.BU.EDU (W. Thomas Meier)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: Encore Multimax -- any comments?
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Date: 6 Jan 89 13:04:37 GMT
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 Boston University has 9 Encore Multimaxes running Umax 4.2 and System V.
 We have had pretty good luck with the units as long has you stay above
 the minimum hardware configuration.  We also have a few dozen Encore 
 Annex boxes, the Annex II version being the best.

 Our environment encludes several Sun 3s and 4s with workstations. An
 IBM super, several DEC units, and a Thinking Machines CM-2 with 32K 
 processors.  In this environment our favorite usage for the Multis is 
 multi-user access, Ada course usage, Office automation, and VLSI design.
 We just got our 8th and 9th Multi to disk farm with NFS to several SUN
 workstations.  This is because the Encore's parallel NFS is orders of
 magnatude faster than our best configured SUN 4/280, and so far is 
 more cost effective. 

 I understand that you have a fairly agressive marketing agent in Australia
 for Encore.  They should be able to take care of you as long as you know
 what you want.

 If you want to subscribe to comp.sys.encore, you will get a lot of 
 Multimax related news.  There is also good info available there on Encore's
 new MACH operating system.

 I have contacts in New Zealand if you are interrested in more local 
 opinions.

 Tom Meier
 Boston University Information Technology

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