ITL Information Technology Plc, the Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire minimaker making the painful transition to its own Unix systems via ones it is buying in from Sequoia Systems Inc, has added the latest 68020- and 68030-based fault tolerant multi processors from Sequoia as the Model 96E and the Model 97 (CI No 1,201). The 96E is Sequoia’s 200 machine, priced at UKP250,000 for up to 100 users. The Model 97 is a 32-processor version of Sequoia’s 300 system, and will go to at least 2,000 users, with a start price of UKP450,000. When originally announced, the 300 was claimed to configure up to 64 processors, but according to sources at ITL, such a system has never actually been implemented by Sequoia. The 96E and 97 are being launched ahead of ITL’s own UK developed fault-tolerant machine, which is promised by Christmas. It is understood to come in below the 96E, and provides an upward migration path for smaller ITL users. Meanwhile Sequoia is said to have submitted its multi-processing Unix implementation to Unix International Inc in a bid to have it chosen as a standard. Unix International is shortly to announce a standard multi-proceesing Unix operating system from a range submitted from several sources.
