Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) has announced a new high-end version of the "PDP-ll/23" microcomputer featuring up to 1MB (1 megabyte) of primary memory. Prices for the new processor start at $8,500.
Deliveries are scheduled for late spring, 1982. [Contact: Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard, Mass. 01754.]
Datamac Computer Systems almost simultaneously announced a printed circuit board that will allow users of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) "Personal Computer" to put together larger, more flexible systems. The printed circuit board can be inserted into slots in the Personal Computer and can expand its primary memory up to 1MB. The new board will also permit users of the IBM microcomputer to choose from a wider range of operating systems, languages and business packages.
The largest expansion board previously available for the IBM personal computer was 64,000 bytes. Because the computer has only five slots for both memory expansion and peripherals, users who need more memory to run larger programs have had to sacrifice system flexibility. The new expansion board starts at $499 per 64KB of additional memory. It is available immediately.
[Contact: Datamac Computer Systems, 630 Almanor Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086.]
