Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
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Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#2Even 10-15 years later, multiple CPUs and 128Mb RAM was quite uncommon.
How much did this beast cost back in the 80s?
Edit: Max configs were up to $250,000 ($663,937.02 today) back then according to this price list: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/apollo/Apollo_Price_List_Jul88....
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#3Even 10-15 years later, multiple CPUs and 128Mb RAM was quite uncommon. How much did this beast cost back in the 80s? Edit: Max configs were up to $250,000 ($663,937.02 today) back then according to this price list: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/apollo/Apollo_Price_List_Jul88....
Dual (50% overclocked) Celerons on a BP6 was a relatively common enthusiast setup in the early 2000s. 128M of RAM was also not a huge amount then.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#4I think every engineer had these in my 80186 clone group when I cooped at AMD, but I still had to submit SPICE timing simulation runs to the VAX mainframe. The CRT monitors were nice but huge.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#5Even 10-15 years later, multiple CPUs and 128Mb RAM was quite uncommon. How much did this beast cost back in the 80s? Edit: Max configs were up to $250,000 ($663,937.02 today) back then according to this price list: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/apollo/Apollo_Price_List_Jul88....
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Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#6The diagram of connected Apollo computers reminds me of Nvidia's presentation of their ai cpu farms. Will we feel the same about nvidia presentations in 30 years?
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#7Even 10-15 years later, multiple CPUs and 128Mb RAM was quite uncommon. How much did this beast cost back in the 80s? Edit: Max configs were up to $250,000 ($663,937.02 today) back then according to this price list: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/apollo/Apollo_Price_List_Jul88....
Dual (50% overclocked) Celerons on a BP6 was a relatively common enthusiast setup in the early 2000s. 128M of RAM was also not a huge amount then.
Pentium 2 was released in 1997 and was released with maximum speed of 450 MHZ which could be overclocked much higher.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#8Used these for several years. The Apollo Domain OS is still a thing of wonder to learn from.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#9Even 10-15 years later, multiple CPUs and 128Mb RAM was quite uncommon. How much did this beast cost back in the 80s? Edit: Max configs were up to $250,000 ($663,937.02 today) back then according to this price list: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/apollo/Apollo_Price_List_Jul88....
Dual (50% overclocked) Celerons on a BP6 was a relatively common enthusiast setup in the early 2000s. 128M of RAM was also not a huge amount then.
Yes, I remember getting my Tualatin Celeron in 2003 with 256mb RAM. It was a beast compared to my friends machines at the time. :P
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#10Even 10-15 years later, multiple CPUs and 128Mb RAM was quite uncommon. How much did this beast cost back in the 80s? Edit: Max configs were up to $250,000 ($663,937.02 today) back then according to this price list: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/apollo/Apollo_Price_List_Jul88....
Dual (50% overclocked) Celerons on a BP6 was a relatively common enthusiast setup in the early 2000s. 128M of RAM was also not a huge amount then.
From 1988 to the 2000’s is a LONG time.