Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!lll-winken!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: VAX 9000 series Message-ID: <7707@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 07:57:52 GMT References: <2712@decuac.DEC.COM> <3900@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 24 In article <3900@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu writes: > From article <2712@decuac.DEC.COM>, by avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio): > > > > There has been no announcement from Digital concerning any new computer > > with any such name. > > > > Fred > now now, I read the Digital News rag which says the 9000 is a air cooled > outcropping of the aquarius and aridius machine, for whatever that's worth, > and sport a 500-800 MB/sec system bus and 100MB/sec XMI i/o bus, and be about > 30 VUP's. A survey of the "rags" will reveal there is still considerable confusion about the actual configuration, though it appears that DEC may be close to shipping something to somebody. I'd assume it'll run VMS, lest DEC's traditional user base run them out of town on a rail. One might hope it would also run Ultrix, however now that DEC is willing to sell their Unix base RISC MIPs at a competitive price, only captive VMS base will get to buy mega-buck MIPs... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)