IBM introduces file-server line and laser printer
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IBM introduces enhanced versions of the PS/2 microcomputer designed to function as file servers. The new line consists of six machines: there are four PS/2 Model 80 machines (prices range from $7,495 to $13,195) which use Intel 80386 microprocessors; and there are two Model 65 SX machines (either $5,295 or $5,995, depending on memory options) which use Intel 80386SX chips. IBM introduces various products that enhance PS/2s, and prices on existing PS/2 systems are cut by 15 percent to 23 percent. IBM also introduces the LaserPrinter E ($1,495), an entry level printer that will compete with HP's LaserJet IIP. According to IBM, the LaserPrinter E is 25 percent faster than HP's product. The LaserPrinter E generates five pages a minute. An option is available ($1,099) that doubles the printer's speed.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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IBM shows off its latest mainframe gear, outlines plan to bolster faltering line
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IBM debuts about twenty new mainframe-computer products, but the chief of the company's mainframe group, Nick Donofrio, predicts that its sales will drop again in 1993. IBM also laid out plans to incorporate microprocessor technology in all of its computers within the next few years. This means that the days of IBM's water-cooled mainframes are numbered. The announcements include new high-end mainframes, better performance, a new feature that will save data-storage space, and the abolition of a price list for the new computers. Donofrio stresses the value of IBM's MVS operating software for mainframes, which is renowned for its stability and security. Analysts generally praise the honesty of IBM's announcements, but say the company has little margin for error in delivering on its new strategy.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
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IBM unveils chip-based supercomputer and other units tied to RISC processors
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IBM's workstation group introduces a variety of computers based on the reduced-instruction-set-computing (RISC) microprocessors the company uses in its popular workstations. The new products include a color workstation that will sell for only $3,995 and the parallel-processing SP1 supercomputer, ranging in price from $312,000 for an eight-chip version to $2.76 million for a 64-chip machine. IBM's mainframe group will work with the workstation group to develop new products. IBM's first 'parallel mainframe' is expected to ship in 1993 and could make an attractive upgrade path for IBM's long-time mainframe customers. Bill Filip, the head of IBM's workstation efforts, says he would like to put RISC chips on devices as small as hand-held personal communicators.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
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