---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SPARCstation 2 Enhancements SunFLASH Vol 31 #26 July 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - NEW SPARCstation 2 standard configurations with 32-Mbyte of memory and 424 Mbyte SCSI disk - New Graphics Accelerator, GXplus - GX capabilities plus 1280 x 1024 resolution and hardware double buffering - New, more flexible, cost-effective server configurations - New single-slot GX accelerator - Standard on entry color configurations - New 424-Mbyte SCSI disk and 1.3-Gbyte SCSI disk - 24.7 SPECmarks with KAI Preprocessor The SPARCstation 2 just got better. The SPARCstation 2 now offers twice the memory and twice the internal disk capacity on all standard configurations. In addition, SPARCstation 2 offers two new graphics accelerators: SPARCstation 2GX and SPARCstation 2GXplus. The SPARCstation 2GX has a new single-SBus slot design which offers improved 2-D/3-D performance. In addition to offering the same performance and capabilities of the new GX, the SPARCstation 2GXplus provides 1280 x 1024 high resolution for larger screen area display and hardware double buffering for smooth animation. The SPARCserver 2 is also available with no monitor or framebuffer. This provides an additional SBus slot for add-on options such as Ethernet cards, Prestoserve, SPARCprinters, SCSI Host Adapter cards, and Serial/Parallel controller cards. With the addition of new peripherals, the SPARCstation 2 has maximum capacity of 128-Mbytes of memory, 848-Mbytes of internal disk storage, and up to 20.8-Gbytes of external disk storage. The new disk drives not only provide twice the capacity of their predecessors, but also twice the I/O throughput. The SPARCstation 2 is positioned as Sun's high-end, most expandable, graphics workstation. SPARCstation 2 is designed for Sun's traditional workstation customer in markets such as MCAD, EDA, CASE, finance and molecular modelling that require the best internal I/O performance on the desktop, richly configured systems, maximum expandability, and/or a range of high-end graphics options. The SPARCserver 2 is positioned as Sun's best low- to mid-range database and file server. Summary of NEW SPARCsystem 2 Configurations: --------------------------------------------- 19" monochrome, 32-Mbyte memory, 424-Mbyte disk 16" GX* color, 32-Mbyte memory, 424-Mbyte disk 19" GX* color, 32-Mbyte memory, 424-Mbyte disk 19" GXplus, 32-Mbyte memory, 424-Mbyte disk 19" GS color, 32-Mbyte memory, 424-Mbyte disk 21" GT color, 32-Mbyte memory, 424-Mbyte disk Server, 32-Mbyte memory, 424-Mbyte disk (no monitor or framebuffer) *New single-SBus slot GX accelerator FEATURES AND BENEFITS --------------------- New Features Benefits ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delivers 24.7 SPECmarks** * High-performance RISC architecture (28.5 MIPS and 4.2 MFLOPS) for demanding technical and with 40-MHz SPARC integer unit specialized commercial applications and SPARC floating-point unit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up to 64-MB RAM on motherboard; up to * Flexibility to expand performance; 128 MB with 32-MB memory expansion runs multiple applications and large boards simulations locally ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up to 848-Mbyte internal storage * Large-capacity, high-performance capacity with two 424-Mbyte, internal disk for local storage and 3.5-inch hard disks demanding applications * Twice the capacity and performance of the current 207-MB SCSI disk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- With 1.3-Gbyte SCSI external drives, * Fast, scalable disk I/O throughput increased disk capacity to up to * Provides flexibility and a growth 20.8 GB, with three optional 5-MB/sec path for disk expansion SBus SCSI Host Adapters and the * Twice the capacity and performance onboard synchronous SCSI controller of the current 669-MB SCSI disk at a lower cost per MB. * Stackable, modular packaging Graphics Features Benefits ============================================================================ SPARCstation 2GX: New GX accelerator becomes standard on * Single-slot design allows for entry color systems additional SBus expandability Improved 2-D and 3-D wireframe * Superior graphics and window acceleration performance at no additional cost 480,000 2-D vectors/sec * Allows direct manipulation of complex 310,000 3-D vectors/sec 2-D and 3-D wireframe models ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPARCstation 2GXplus: 1280 x 1024 resolution * Larger screen area for quality image display Hardware double buffering (8-bit) * Smooth animation Off-screen memory * For fast screen-to-screen image storage and copy (bitblts) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Server Features Benefits ============================================================================ High I/O and CPU performance plus * Outstanding database performance SunDBE acceleration software (51.9 TPS-B) Up to 26 direct connect terminals * Easy mulituser terminal connectivity with SPC/S SBus card Sun SBus Prestoserve * Improves NFS write performance by up to 85% and NFS throughput by up to 140% New File Server Option Pack * Convenient, economical workgroup server configurations * Disk, tape and CD-ROM in stackable modular packaging New Database Server Option Packs * Integrated, high capacity packaging (up to 10.4-Gbyte per pedestal) * SCSI expansion pedestal with disks, tape, and CD-ROM New Server configuration * Frees all three SBus slots for without monitor or framebuffer maximum expandability ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Upgrades ============ Sun is committed to providing an easy migration path to the latest technologies. In addition to the desktop upgrades already available for the SPARCstation 2, Sun is announcing a complete set of enclosure exchange upgrades from customers' existing deskside platforms. Enclosure exchange upgrade to * Performance inprovements - up to 15 times SPARCstation 2 from Sun-3/110, * Enhanced (GX) graphics capabilities Sun-3/140, Sun-3/150, Sun-3/160, * Additional storage capabilites Sun-3/260, Sun-4/110, Sun-4/150, * Access to SunCD and the latest SunOS Sun-4/260, or SPARCstation 330 * Significantly lower cost of ownership * Allows customers to take advantage of future performance enhancements ** Figures based on the latest release of the SPARCompiler(TM) family (Sun C 1.1 and Sun FORTRAN 1.4) and KAI's FORTRAN pre-processor. The SPEC benchmark suite is comprised of ten common application tests of CPU performance, including both integer and floating point. Results are listed in SPECmarks, which is a geometric mean of these benchmarks. PRICING AND ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS --------------------------------- Description Order Number List Discount Same Day Price Price Category Service Price --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPARCstation 2 MONOCHROME WORKSTATIONS 19" mono monitor, 32-Mbyte 424MB Internal SCSI Disk 1.44MB 3-1/2" Internal Floppy Disk 4/75M-32-P43 $15,495 A $100 GX 8-BIT ACCELERATED 2-D/3-D GRAPHICS WORKSTATIONS: 16" color monitor, 32-Mbyte, 424MB Internal SCSI Disk, 1.44MB 3-1/2" Internal Floppy Disk 4/75FGX-32-P43 $18,495 A $140 19" color monitor, 32-Mbyte, 424MB Internal SCSI Disk, 1.44MB 3-1/2" Internal Floppy Disk 4/75GX-32-P43 $20,495 A $140 GXplus HIGH RESOLUTION and DOUBLE BUFFERED GRAPHICS WORKSTATIONS With GX ACCELERATION: 19" color monitor, 32-Mbyte, 424MB Internal SCSI Disk, 1.44MB 3-1/2" Internal Floppy Disk 4/75GX2-32-P43 $22,495 A $140 GS 24-bit ACCELERATED 3-D SOLIDS DESKTOP GRAPHICS WORKSTATIONS: 19" color monitor, 32-Mbyte, 424MB Internal SCSI Disk, 1.44MB 3-1/2" Internal Floppy Disk 4/75GS-32-P43 $26,995 A $205 GT 24-bit ACCELERATED 3-D SOLIDS GRAPHICS TOWER WORKSTATIONS: 21" color monitor, 32-Mbyte, 424MB Internal SCSI Disk, 1.44MB 3-1/2" Internal Floppy Disk 4/75GT-32-P43 $49,995 A $500 =========================================================================== Description Order Number List Discount Same Day Price Price Category Service Price ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPARCserver 2 Any SPARCstation 2 can be converted to a SPARCserver 2 by combining it with a Server Option Pack. FILE SERVER OPTION PACK: 1.3GB SCSI Disk, X2003W $9,495 B $150 2.3GB Tape, SunCD DATABASE SERVER OPTION PACK, 2.6-Gbyte: SCSI Exp Pedestal, X2004W $19,995 B $205 2 x 1.3GB SCSI Disk, SBus SCSI Host Adapter, 2.3GB Tape, SunCD DATABASE SERVER OPTION PACK, 5.2-Gbyte: SCSI Exp Pedestal, X2006W $28,995 B $305 4 x 1.3GB SCSI Disk (1 tray), SBus SCSI Host Adapter, 2.3GB Tape, SunCD PRINT SERVER OPTION PACK: SPARCprinter, SPRN-400 $2,695 A $65 NeWSprint Software, SBus Printer Card MONITORLESS SERVER: 32-MByte, 424Mb Internal SCSI Disk, 1.44MB 3-1/2" Internal Floppy Disk 4/75S-32-P43 $15,195 A $70 ============================================================================ Memory ------ 16-Mbyte Memory Expansion (4-Mbyte SIMM) X116W $3,500 A N/C 32-Mbyte Memory, Primary Expansion Board X132W $6,400 A N/C 32-Mbyte Memory, Secondary Expansion Board X133W $6,400 A N/C ============================================================================ Country Kits ------------ Append the "W" suffix to the Country Kit Order Numbers for SPARCsystem 2 Country Kits. ============================================================================ SPARCsystem 2 Internal Expansion Options ----------------------------------------------- Description Order Number List Discount Same Day Price Price Category Service Price ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mass Storage ------------ 424-Mbyte Internal SCSI Expansion Disk X541W $1,900 B $25 ============================================================================ Second Monitors --------------- 16" Color Monitor, GX Framebuffer, cables X356W $6,000 A $70 19" Color Monitor, GX Framebuffer, cables X355W $8,000 A $70 19" High Resolution Monitor (1600x1280), Framebuffer, cables X252W $2,700 A $30 ============================================================================ SBus Options ------------ Second Ethernet Controller* X450W $400 A $25 Serial Parallel Controller X1008W $1,095 A $10 SBus SCSI Host Adapter X1055W $495 A $5 Sun SBus Prestoserve X1021W $2,995 A $25 VideoPix Image Capture Board X218A $895 A $15 * Only one X450 supported per system. Not supported on systems with two internal disk drives. ============================================================================ SPARCstation 2 External Expansion Options ------------------------------------------- Description Order Number List Discount Same Day Price Price Category Service Price ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mass Storage ------------ 207-Mbyte SCSI Desktop Disk Pack X552W $1,700 B $30 424-Mbyte SCSI Desktop Disk Pack X540W $2,100 B $25 644-Mbyte Desktop Sun CD Pack X559W $ 995 B $20 150-Mbyte 1/4-inch X660W $1,600 B $10 Tape Desktop Backup Pack 1.3-Gbyte SCSI X571W $5,500 B $50 Desktop Storage Module 2.3-Gbyte 8 mm tape X804W $4,200 B $80 Desktop Storage Module ============================================================================ SCSI Expansion Pedestals ------------------------ 2 x 1.3-Gbyte SCSI X750A $15,995 B $100 Expansion Pedestal with 1 tray 1.3-Gbyte SCSI Disk X572A $5,300 B $50 for Expansion Pedestal 2 x 1.3-Gbyte SCSI Disks X756A $10,000 B $100 with tray for Exp Pedestal 2.3-Gbyte 8mm Tape X802L $4,000 B $80 Drive for Expansion Pedestal 644-Mbyte Desktop Sun CD Pack for Expansion Pedestal X559L $ 995 B $20 =========================================================================== Input Devices ---------------- SunButtons X180A $1,400 A $10 32-Key Function I/O Device SunDials X190A $1,800 A $10 8-Dial Interactive Graphics I/O Device for 3-D ============================================================================ Desktop Upgrades to SPARCstation 2 ---------------------------------- No changes to the current desktop system upgrades available. =========================================================================== Deskside Upgrades to SPARCstation 2 ------------------------------------ Description Order Number List Discount Same Day Price Price Category Service Price --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun-3/110, Sun-3/140, Sun-3/150, Sun-3/160, Sun-3/260, Sun-4/110, Sun-4/150, Sun-4/260, or SPARCsystem 330 to SPARCstation 2 Monochrome Systems ------------------ Deskside Upgrade to UG-DS-V32M-P43 $11,795 A <$145> SPARCstation 2 with swivel monitor base Deskside Upgrade to UG-DS-V32MD-P43 $11,795 A <$145> SPARCstation 2 with dimple monitor base Color Systems ------------- Deskside Upgrade to UG-DS-V32GX-P43 $12,495 A <$145> SPARCstation 2 Upgrade Includes Customer Returns * SPARCstation 2 base with CPU board * Chassis with CPU board * 32 Mbyte memory * Memory * 424-Mbyte Internal SCSI Disk with SunOS 4.1.1, Open Windows V2, and XGL1.0.1 runtime libraries preinstalled * 3.5-inch 1.44-Mbyte Floppy Drive * ECL Monochrome Frame Buffer OR GX Accelerated Frame Buffer (as specified) ============================================================================ GX Upgrades ----------- For a double SBus slot to single SBus slot GX accelerator upgrade, use the following upgrade. 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