Has anyone heard of this machine?

[Martin Fouts]

     Don't know from Chi 7, but have in front of me the 5 November
issue of Computerworld which contains on Page 75 a description (under
the banner "Convex unveils Unix-based scientific processing system") of
the Convex C-1 system, which the article claims is priced at 495k, has
a "peak performance of approximately 60" mflop does scalar calculations
four times faster than an 11/780 and does some of the Livermore Labs
benchmarks at 20 to 25 times faster.

     The 495k configuration has 4M bytes of 64 bit memory, one i/o
processor, 414Mbyte winchester disk, 6250 bpi tape, and a '4.2
enhanced' Unix with Fortran 77 and C. 

     The vendor is listed as Covnex Systems, Suite 151, 1819 Fireman
Drive, Richardson, Texax 75091

marty
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