Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bbn!spdcc!eli From: eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Info wanted on the 25 MIP <$10K IBM Unix box (801?!?!?!?!) Message-ID: <4179@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> Date: 11 Aug 89 05:22:34 GMT References: <2462ANKGC@CUNYVM> Reply-To: eli@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) Lines: 19 In article <2462ANKGC@CUNYVM> ANKGC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Anil Khullar) writes: >I was scanning the "Digital Review" which talked about an annoucement >about a 25 MIP IBM box that would be released soon (Oct announcement...) >and wondered if it would be a souped up RT ? i believe it will be far more than an RT. the microprocessor will be similar, but a true 801. blazingly fast. i'm very curious as to what IBM has done in order to get 25 Mips out of this chip -- if it is the chip i think it is. if this machine is truly less than $10k, would somebody please hide my credit cards! -- ...... Steve Elias (eli@spdcc.com);(6178591389);(6178906844) {} /* */