Wow, never heard of that ambitious CPU arch before. Looks like an early loser in the RISC wars that was recycled into later PA-RISC and Itanium.
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]
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Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#13Even 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....
And those 10 years were the 90’s, advancement was crazy back then.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The comment I was replying to was talking about "10-15 years later" (i.e. 1998-2003).
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Yeah, "Toilets" were the way to go.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#16I managed to get an Apollo on auction while working at ncd in the early-mid 90’s, mine had a very high res black and white monitor and a very weird Unix implementation that appeared to let you choose between bsd and AT&T environments at boot.
Mostly I remember it for the amazing monitor and the laser mouse and the mirrored mouse pad with the grid - truly amazing to me at the time.
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#17I thought for a moment that Apollo had used DEC's PRISM processor for some reason, but no, Apollo had it's own PRISM.
Also, there a bunch more Apollo brochures here:
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#18Here's Quest: A Long Ray's Journey Into Light -- Apollo's contribution to that quintessential genre of 80s HPC marketing: early CG animation, presumably rendered on the company's own computers.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#19Even 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....
And those 10 years were the 90’s, advancement was crazy back then.
So true. A year or two after this machine, you could have bought an AT&T StarServer "E" with 4x i486 CPUs and 2GiB total memory, for dramatically less money.
Re: Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 [pdf]
#20Even 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....
The FAA command center had rooms full of them.