Hewlett-Packard Co added a low-end Model 19Ga to its HP 700/RX RISC X Window System terminal family for use with its HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstations, and added versions of its X server software for Santa Cruz Operation Inc’s Open Desktop for iAPX-86-based systems and for IBM Corp’s RS/6000 AIX workstations, and cut prices on existing 700/RX stations. The 19Ga is out now at $4,000 and comes with 4Mb memory and a 19 1,280 by 1,024 monitor that displays 256 shades of grey. It is rated at 86,000 Xstones and is claimed to be $500 cheaper than comparable stations from Network Computing Devices Inc. Aimed at electronic publishing, software engineering and document imaging applications, it is pitched as a cheaper alternative to Sun Microsystems Inc’s Sparcstation IPX – Hewlett says that at $18,480, an HP 9000 Model 705 with two of the new stations gives a three-user configuration that is 20% more powerful at 37% less cost than three IPXs – Sun doesn’t go much on X-stations. The Open Desktop X server software is available now and the RS/6000 software is set for September, at $700 apiece; only one copy is needed per customer site. The price cuts on the other X-stations are up to $500 and the 19 mono 19Mi and 14 colour 14Ci are now $3,000 each; the 19Ga and 16Ci are $4,000 apiece; the 16Ca is $4,700, and the 19Ca now costs $6,000.
