Sun Microsystems Inc yesterday duly launched its UKP4,000 – $5,000 in the US – diskless version of its Sparcstation 1 RISC workstation, as well as a new server configuration. The Sparcstation SLC – no-one at Sun Microsystems UK knew what the SLC stands for – uses a 20MHz Sparc, rated at 12.5 MIPS and 7.6 SPECmarks. With from 8Mb to 16Mb memory, the single-board system slots in behind the 17 monochrome monitor with audio and an SCSI port but no floppy or expansion slots. The Sparcserver 470 is a scaled down model 490 with 33MHz Sparc, rated at 22 MIPS, 3.8 MFLOPS and 17.6 SPECmarks. It comes with 12 slots, up to four Ethernet ports and two FDDI controllers, 32Mb to 160Mb, up to 10Gb disk, 2.3Gb tape back-up and can support 98 local terminals. The Sparcserver 470 with 32Mb, 669Mb disk and 150Mb tape is UKP53,000, with 1Gb disk it’s UKP67,100. It can also be configured as a graphics workstation, and with 19 colour monitor, GX graphics accelerator, 669Mb disk, keyboard and mouse it costs UKP62,600. All the new systems are available at once.
