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To: Weekapaug who wrote (8797)	11/10/1997 9:54:00 PM
From: Kai-Uwe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Compaq prepares major pre-Comdex rollout By Karen J. Bannan November 10, 1997 PC Week Compaq Computer Corp. is extending its presence in the server market with the release of four new servers and several storage products. The batch of new products -- including four new servers, two clustering servers and various storage and interconnect devices -- eventually could garner up to 50 percent of Compaq sales, officials said. The ProLiant 1200, 1600, 3000 and 5500 entry-level-to-midrange servers will be available immediately, officials said. The departmental-level 1200 server, priced at $2,780, ships with one 333MHz Pentium II processor, 32MB of RAM and a 10/100 NIC (network interface card). The 1600 and 3000, both capable of using two CPUs, ship with 64MB of RAM, a NIC, and one 266MHz or 300MHz processor, respectively. The 1600 will cost $3,780; the 3000 will cost $4,775. The Enterprise-class, four-way 5500, priced at $8,470, ships with one 200MHz Pentium Pro processor, 128MB of RAM and a NIC. Optional hot-plug hard drives, Smart-2 and Smart-2SL array controllers, and redundant power supplies are sold separately. The Houston company also will announce Monday the ProLiant Cluster Series F server and Cluster Series S server, which are expected to ship in the first quarter of 1998. The Series F server will employ Fibre Channel connections; the Series S will use SCSI connections. Both servers will run on Windows NT and use Microsoft Corp.'s Cluster Server software. Pricing for the servers has not been set. On the connectivity side, Compaq will announce that all of its ProLiant servers will support clustering using either Ethernet or ServerNet, an interconnect technology that came with Compaq's acquisition of Tandem Computers Inc. earlier this year. In addition to the servers, Compaq will announce a variety of entry-level and departmental tape and hard disk backup products. The low-end 4/8 SLR Tape drive will sell for about $500; the 12/24 DAT Tape drive will carry a $1,193 street price. Both models will ship on Monday. An as-yet-unnamed 18.2GB hard disk drive features hot-plug capabilities and a 1.6-inch form factor and ships with the company's Pre-Failure warranty. It is expected to be priced at $2,726. Compaq's DLT 15 Cartridge Library, Model 3570, features a dual-channel SCSI-3 controller that supports multiple tape devices from a single PCI slot. It can back up as much as 1 terabyte of data in a matter of hours, officials said. The single-drive 3570 will ship for $18,182, while the dual drive is expected to carry a $28,409 price. Compaq can be reached at compaq.com. Copyright (c) 1997 ZDNet. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of ZDNet is prohibited. ZDNet and the ZDNet logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.

To: Weekapaug who wrote (8797)	11/11/1997 11:00:00 AM
From: tonyt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

> "they wouldn't have split the stock, if they thought it trade in twenties". Can they change their mind on this split? (Hope not, it wouldn't be viewed in a positive light)