sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash New Configurations and Price Changes for the SPARCcenter 2000 and the SPARCserver 1000 Systems SunFLASH Vol 59 #25 November 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59.25 NEW SPARCcenter 2000 and SPARCserver 1000 CONFIGURATIONS AND PRICING - New SPARCserver 1000 configuration using high density memory - Significant price reductions on systems and options using high density memory - New system board options for both SPARCcenter 2000 and SPARCserver 1000 systems - Minor price increases on SC2000 systems and options using low density memory ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) announces several additions and enhancements to the SPARCcenter(TM) 2000 and SPARCserver(TM) 1000 product lines. In addition, a number of memory related price changes will are also being announced. - A new SPARCserver 1000 system configuration using high density (16 Mb) memory, allowing customers to fully populate a SPARCserver 1000 system with up to 2 GB of main memory without having to initially purchase unwanted low density memory - A new tower stand, for stacking SPARCserver 1000 systems or Disk Tower 1000s - A ballast kit for use with SPARCcenter 2000 expansion racks containing the 1/2-in. Front Load Tape drive - New CPU board options for both the SPARCcenter 2000 and the SPARCserver 1000 systems. Both board options offer two SuperSPARC(TM) CPUs, with no additional memory - Significant price reductions on systems and options using high density memory, reflecting falling costs of 16-Mb DRAMS - Minor price increases on SPARCcenter 2000 systems and options using low density memory, reflecting rising costs of 4-Mb DRAMS and other components QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS --------------------- Q. What is the reason for introducing the new SPARCserver 1000 configuration? A. The new configuration uses high density, 32-MB SIMMs, instead of the 8-MB SIMMs used in the other SPARCstation 1000 configurations. Using the 32-MB SIMMs, only one memory bank is used in a 128-MB system. This allows a customer to expand memory in the system to as much as 512 MB per system board and 2 GB per system. We have decided to introduce such a configuration now because the declining prices of 16-Mbit DRAMs used to build the 32-MB SIMMs have made it possible to offer the system at an attractive price. Q. What are the reasons for the price changes on the SPARCserver 1000 and the SPARCcenter 2000 systems? Memory prices are changing dramaticly. 4-Mbit DRAMs, used in the 8-MB SIMMs, are going up in price as the result of a worldwide shortage. 16-Mbit DRAMS, used in the 32-MB SIMMs, are coming down in price, as worldwide production capacity increases. Price reductions on system and board options reflect the declining cost of the higher density memory. Price increases reflect the increase in costs of the lower density memory, and, to a lesser degree, in some other system components. Q. How is the tower stand used? Can it be used to stack several systems? A. The tower stand allows a user to stand a SPARCserver 1000 or a DiskTower 1000 on its side. The stand supports one enclosure (SPARCserver 1000 or DiskTower 1000). Q. What is the ballast kit and when is it used? A. The ballast kit is used to counterbalance the weight of the 1/2-in. Front Load Tape (FLT) drive. The FLT is very heavy, and it is always mounted in one of the top two bays of an expansion cabinet. If the expansion cabinet, with one or two FLTs, does not have at least two full trays of 5.25-in. disks in its lower bays, it can become dangerously top heavy. The ballast kit is used to stabilize such a cabinet. The ballast kit should be orderd along with a Front Load Tape and and expansion cabinet if the cabinet has less than two fully loaded, (6 disks each), disk trays. AVAILABILITY ------------ All new systems and options can be ordered and are available immediately. U.S. PRICING AND ORDERING INFORMATION ------------------------------------- SPARCserver 1000 Series ----------------------- NEW CONFIGURATIONS List Discount SunSpectrum Part Number Description Price Category Silver Price =============================================================================== S1102-01-128-P67 One system board, $59,700 A 510 two 50-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs, 128-MB memory (4x32MB), 4 x 535-MB internal SCSI-2 disk, 644-MB internal CD, 5-GB 4-mm internal SCSI tape 1101A, X1101A SPARCserver 1000 system board $24,000 A N/C with two 50-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs, no memory X962A Tower Stand 1000 for the $175 B SPARCserver 1000 or the Disk Tower 1000 PRICE REDUCTIONS List As Of Discount Part Number Description Price Nov 8 Category ============================================================================= 1103A, X1103A SPARCserver 1000 system $41,000 $36,750 A board with two 50-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs and 128-Mbytes Memory (4x32MB) SPARCcenter 2000 Series ----------------------- OPTIONS ------- List Discount SunSpectrum Part Number Description Price Category Silver Price =============================================================================== 2112A, X2112A SPARCcenter 2000 system $43,000 A 80 board with two 50-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs, 2-MB Ecache each, no memory 969A, X969A Ballast kit for front $500 B N/C load tape drive SPARCcenter 2000 Series ----------------------- PRICE REDUCTIONS List As Of Discount Part Number Description Price Nov 8 Category ============================================================================= S2204-02-256-P82 Four 50 MHz $188,000 $182,000 A SuperSPARC CPUs, 256-MB RAM (8 x 32-MB), 4 x 2.1-GB DSCSI, Two Ethernets, DSBE disk controller/ Ethernet interface card, CD-ROM, 5-GB Tape 2117A, X2117A System Board with Two $77,000 $68,500 A 50-MHz CPUs, 256-MB ram (8 x 32 MB) 2120A, X2120A System Board w/no $86,000 $69,000 A CPUs, 512-MB ram, (16 x 32 MB) 2107A, X2107A System Board $64,000 $55,500 A with two 40-MHz CPUs, 256-MB ram (8 x 32 MB) 2108A, X2108A System Board $98,000 $81,000 A with two 40-MHz CPUs, 512-MB ram, (16 x 32 MB) 2109A, X2109A System Board $67,600 $59,100 A with two 40-MHz CPUs, 256-MB ram (8 x 32 MB), 8-MB NVSIMM SPARCcenter 2000 Series ----------------------- PRICE INCREASES As Of Discount Part Number Description List Price Nov 8 Category ============================================================================= S2202-01-128-P82 Two 50-MHz $124,000 $126,000 A SuperSPARC Cpus, 128-MB ram (16 x 8 MB), 4 x 2.1-GB DSCSI, Two Ethernets, DSBE disk controller/Ethernet interface card, CD-ROM, 5-GB Tape S2204-02-128-P82 Four 50-MHz $162,400 $164,400 A SuperSPARC Cpus, 128-MB ram (16 x 8 MB), 4 x 2.1-GB DSCSI, Two Ethernets, DSBE disk controller/Ethernet interface card, CD-ROM, 5-GB Tape 2115A, X2115A System board $51,400 $53,000 A with 2 50-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs, 128-MB ram (16 x 8 MB) 2103A,X2103A System board $26,400 $28,000 A with no Cpus, 128-MB ram (16 x 8 MB) 2104A, X2104A System board $34,200 $35,000 A with two 40-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs, 64-MB ram (8 x 8 MB) 2105A, X2105A System board $38,400 $40,000 A with two 40-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs, 128-MB ram (16 x 8 MB) 2106A, X2106A System board $37,800 $38,600 A with two 40-MHz SuperSPARC CPUs, 64-MB ram (8 x 8 MB), 8-MB NVSIMM (c) 1993 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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