Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: ont.general,ut.general,ut.vlsi Subject: Silicon Graphics workstation sale Message-ID: <4201@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 18:43:34 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.4201 Posted: Sat Aug 11 18:43:34 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Aug-84 18:43:34 EDT Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 58 The following came in the (electronic) mail. Why it came to me in particular I don't know, but I'm posting it on the chance that folks may be interested. ------ From uucp Sat Aug 11 03:31:32 1984 >From ucbvax!olympus!craig@su-shasta.arpa Fri Aug 10 22:05:03 1984 remote from decvax Return-Path:Received: by decvax.UUCP (4.12/1.0) id AA24782; Fri, 10 Aug 84 22:05:03 edt Received: from su-shasta.arpa (su-shasta.ARPA.ARPA) by UCB-VAX.ARPA (4.24/4.33) id AA12847; Fri, 10 Aug 84 04:52:16 pdt Received: from olympus by Shasta with UUCP; Fri, 10 Aug 84 02:57 PDT Received: by olympus.UUCP (4.12/4.7) id AA23238; Thu, 9 Aug 84 17:36:18 pdt Date: Thu, 9 Aug 84 17:36:18 pdt From: olympus!craig (Craig Olson) Message-Id: <8408100036.AA23238@olympus.UUCP> To: decvax!utzoo!henry@su-shasta.arpa Subject: 40% Discount On GRAPHICS UNIX WORKSTATIONS Silicon Graphics, Inc. has agreed to a 40% Educational Discount on all computer products purchased by accredited universities prior to September 30, 1984. A 45% ARPA Discount is offered at universities for ARPA contracts which fulfill certain require- ments. With the 40% discount, the price of an IRIS 1000 Terminal and an IRIS 1400 Workstation is $22,500 and $35,700, respectively. The IRIS 1400 includes a stand-alone, 68010-based UNIX environment (System V with 4.2 BSD enhancements such as demand paging), real-time 3D color graphics using the Geometry Engine, and Ether- net with IP/TCP or XNS protocols. The Geometry Engine, a custom VLSI graphics processor developed under an ARPA contract at Stan- ford, performs over six million geometric floating point opera- tions per second. The IRIS 1400 comes standard with 1.5 MB of CPU memory, 8 bit- planes of 1024x1024 image memory, and a 72 MB Winchester disk and controller. Options include additional CPU and image memory, a floating point accelerator, and large capacity disk and tape sys- tems. For additional information or to set up a demonstration, contact Silicon Graphics in Mountain View, California (415/960-1980), or one of the following regional sales and service offices: Central Region (313/478-5446); Southern Region (214/788-4122); Northeastern Region (617/863-8670). Craig Olson Product Manager Silicon Graphics, Inc. decvax!ucbvax!Shasta!olympus!craig ------ -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry