Digital Equipment Corp is tipped to unveil its 150MHz Alpha AXP-based personal computer for Windows NT at the Windows World expo alongside Comdex Spring in Atlanta, Georgia on on May 25. Priced at $7,000, the minitower will come with 32Mb RAM, 426Mb disk, 512Kb cache, a 600Mb CD-ROM and SCSI controller. Other features include Ethernet adaptor, six EISA slots, five drive bays and SuperVGA monitor. DEC claims 250 Alpha PCs are already with independent software vendors and hopes to get more than 1,000 of the machines to developers by June 30. It also plans to roll out a sub-$5,000 range of Alpha personal computers later this year. These low-cost systems will support Intel Corp’s Pentium Peripheral Connect Interface bus specification, which will enable NT applications running on its Alpha or Pentium systems to interoperate.
