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- From: kincer@owgvm6.vnet.ibm.com (Mike Kincer)
- Subject: Re: Upgrade PS/2 to a "Cray-like" performance
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.140636.25278@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 14:06:36 GMT
- Reply-To: kincer@owgvm6.vnet.ibm.com (Mike Kincer)
- References: <1992Aug13.201555.21815@watson.ibm.com> <Bsy7Mx.4pq@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <BszF6F.yK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: IBM FSC Owego
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- In article <BszF6F.yK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, shair@barolo.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob
- Shair) writes:
- |>
- |> Well, I AM in sales, and since my customer (U of Ill) has asked,
- |> it's priced at $32,500.
- |>
- |> DESCRIPTION: W4 provides 4 I860 processors capable of operating in
- |> symmetric, shared-memory mode from 32MB of on-board main memory.
- |> In addition, the adapter card contains 2MB of Video RAM and an
- |> integrated display controller. A programmable timer function is also
- |> available. User documentation and diagnostics are included.
- |>
- |> Is that overpriced? Depends on whether you need what it does.
- |>
- |> --
- |>
- |> Bob Shair shair@chgvmic1.vnet.ibm.com
- |> Scientific Computing Specialist SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet)
- |> IBM Champaign
-
- When did you check last? I think you should check again.
- The last I knew, the price was under $20,000. In any case, there is much room
- for negotiation for serious buyers, that much is true.
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