In addition to Data General Corp’s newly-formed NumaLiine business unit (CI No 2,934), responsible for forging OEM relationships and a worldwide distribution network for the Non- Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) server technology, the Westborough, Massachusetts-based company has formed the THiiNLINE Internet Appliances unit. The new division has been established to push the Data General concept of the Internet access terminal from early next year. On the Internet front, the company also plans a slimmed-down line of servers that will act as a single high-speed Internet connection point for its smaller, low-cost iAPX-86 appliances. The Data General servers would be priced from $1,000 to $5,000, well below the $7,000 to $8,000 cost of the lowest- priced in its current line of general-purpose AViiON servers. The plan is to offer a slimmed-down server with enough intelligence and data storage to support a string of lower-cost appliances.
