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- From: alistair@dnd.icp.nec.com.au (Alistair Borley)
- Subject: Re: Sparcstation LX and Classic
- Message-ID: <Bxs2pC.2t6@dnd.icp.nec.com.au>
- Keywords: LX Classic and Solaris 2.1
- Organization: I.C.P. Design & Development, NEC Australia
- References: <1992Nov12.040613.26129@cc.uow.edu.au>
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:05:36 GMT
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- kirk@cc.uow.edu.au (Kirk) writes:
-
-
- >At the Sun product release in Sydney yesterday the Sun Sales bods
- >were saying the LX would sell for between $9500 and $10000 Australian
- >($9995 I imagine) but didn't quote a price for the Classic. I imagine
- >that the Classic will come in below the IPC as that is where Sun have
- >placed it in their product range. I think this will also push the price
- >of an ELC down as well. I supppose we will here more about this soon.
-
- >Some other interesting things that came out of the Sun product release
- >yesterday were:
-
- >* Sun have release the SPARCcenter2000 in the US with a base configuration
- >of 2 SuperSPARC chips but here in OZ they are only offering a base
- >config with 4 SuperSPARC chips - Too bad if you only want 2 but then I suppose
- >you would probably look at the 670 or 690 then.
-
- >* The Sun bod mentioned the Solaris2.1 release but never gave us any details.
- >I have since heard almost from the horses mouth that Solaris2.1 will not be
- >available in Oz until April '93. What happens with the LX and classic which
- >are supposedly shipped with Solaris2.1 pre-install I'm not sure.
- > Anyone have any idea why the late release of Solaris2.1 in Oz when the 2.1
- >release has been announced in the US as available "by the end of the year" ????
-
-
- >Kirk Barrett
-
-
- >--
- >Kirk Barrett AARnet: kirk@uow.edu.au
- >Consultant Programmer UUCP: ...!munnari!uow.edu.au!kirk
- >Information Technology Services ARPA: kirk%uow.edu.au@uunet.UU.NET
- >University of Wollongong Phone: +61 42 213121
-
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-
- I recently attended the Melbourne release of the above products. I believe
- the Sparce Classic is going to be about 10K and the LX is going to be about 17K.
-
- According to the presentation they are positioning the Classic between
- the IPC and ELC and the LX between the IPX and Sparc2.
- --
- Alistair Borley
- Senior Software Engineer
- ICP Group, NEC Australia
- 649 Springvale Rd, Mulgrave 3170, Australia
-