shair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair) (05/08/91)
(excerpted from today's announcements, fyi)
TITLE RISC SYSTEM/6000 STANDARD CONFIGURATION ENHANCEMENTS AND PRICE
REDUCTIONS FOR SELECTED POWERSTATIONS AND POWERSERVERS
The IBM RISC System/6000 (TM) POWERstation and POWERserver
320H, 520, 530, 930, and 950 standard base configurations have been
enhanced. Prices have been reduced on the POWERstations and
POWERservers 520, 530, 930, and 950.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Configuration Enhancements_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Standard base memory has been doubled on the POWERstations and
POWERservers 520, 530, 930, and 950. The fixed disk has been
increased to 400MB on the POWERstation/POWERserver 320H and has been
doubled to 1.7GB on the POWERserver 950.
Specifically:
o POWERstation/POWERserver 320H standard fixed disk increased to
400MB
o POWERstation/POWERserver 320H standard with Small Computer System
Interface (SCSI) Input/Output (I/O) Controller
o POWERstation/POWERserver 520 standard memory increased to 16MB
o POWERstation/POWERserver 530 standard memory increased to 32MB
o POWERserver 930 standard memory increased to 32MB
o POWERserver 950 standard memory increased to 64MB
o POWERserver 950 standard fixed disk increased to 1.7GB (two 857MB
fixed disks)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Price Reductions_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The new, lower purchase prices apply to machines with a Date
of Installation or Effective Date of Purchase on or after May 7, 1991.
The decreased maintenance charges will be effective June 1, 1991.
The old and new prices and charges follow:
Machine Model Purchase Price
Description Type Number Old New
RISC System/6000 7013 520 $ 22,330 $21,500
RISC System/6000 7013 530 38,410 31,500
RISC System/6000 7013 550 130,000 52,500
RISC System/6000 7016 730 62,625 48,275
RISC System/6000 7015 930 61,910 59,500
RISC System/6000 7015 950 146,640 94,500
Feature
Hi Perf 8-Bit 3D 2780 4,160 2,320
Color GPU
Hi Perf 24-Bit 2781 10,400 4,520
3D Color GPU
24-Bit Z-Buffer 2782 3,120 1,675
Rendering
24-Bit Color Gr 2783 6,760 2,720
Frame Buf U/G
Feature prices are effective on the following models:
Machine type 7012 -- Model 320, 32H
Machine type 7013 -- Model 520, 530, 540, 550
Machine type 7016 -- Model 730
MODEL CONVERSION
FROM TO PURCHASE PRICE
TYPE MODEL TYPE MODEL OLD NEW
7013 540 7013 55S $35,960+ $19,500+
7015 930 7015 95E 73,440+ 27,500+
+ Parts removed or replaced become IBM property and must be returned.
Minimum Monthly
Model/ Maintenance
Machine Feature Charge
Description Type Number Old New
RISC System/6000 7013 540 $499 $389
RISC System/6000 7013 550 622 425
RISC System/6000 7013 55S 622 425
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Bob Shair shair@chgvmic1.iinus1.ibm.com
Scientific Computing Specialist SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet)
IBM Champaign