IBM also duly launched the first fruit of its agreement with Parallan Computer Inc yesterday. It calls the thing the PS/2 Server 295 and says that it now offers a full three-tier server strategy – the PS/2 Model 57, 90 and 95 for print and file server environments, the PS/2 Model 95 XP 486 50MHz server for advanced file server environments and the Server 295, a fault tolerant system built from the bottom up to handle mission-critical client-server and database applications over large networks. The company says it delivers performance and reliability that rival some mid-range computers, suggesting that it will cannabalise AS/400 and RS/6000 sales. It offers hot disk swapping and dual power supplies. It has dual Micro Channel buses and Inter-Processor bus that can transmit 64-bit data at 200m-bytes per second. With 32Mb and one 33MHz 80486 it costs $29,060; the 8600-002 model with 50MHz chip costs $34,060. Available October.
