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From: shawn@jdyx.UUCP (Shawn Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: RIOS
Summary: System 6000
Keywords: RISC IBM
Message-ID: <1990Feb15.232233.18947@jdyx.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 90 23:22:33 GMT
References: <8982@stiatl.UUCP> <500@siswat.UUCP> <6601@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Reply-To: shawn@jdyx.UUCP (Shawn Hayes)
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Organization: JDyx Enterprises (Atlanta GA)
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   I believe the new RIOS workstation is called the System 6000.  Since I
wasn't at the rollout today I don't know many of the details, but from what
I've heard it sounds like a very good machine.  My company is going to get
one of the low-end machines(325, I think) for examination next week.  The
machine comes with 8 megabytes of RAM and 120 megabyte hard drive for
  ~$7000.   The thing that sounds great for our system is that it can do
context switches in about 2 milliseconds, which may not be fantastic, but
gives us a machine to sell that has the proper price/performance ratio.

                                                     Shawn Hayes