Unix newcomer Mobius Computer Corp, Palo Alto, California, has a new range of 80486 and 80386-based Unix workstations going out as the Protege/PWS Series. The 80486 PWS/425 machine is rated at 11 MIPS and 1.2 MFLOPS, using a 25MHz version of the part – the only one currently available. It costs $10,000 and comes with 4Mb memory, 105Mb disk, a 16 colour monitor, Interactive Systems Corp Unix, TCP/IP, Ethernet, X Window and Motif. On the 80386 side, the low-end PWS/20, using a 20MHz version of the part is rated at 4 MIPS and costs $3,700 with 65Mb disk. The PWS/25, with a 25MHz 80386 rated at 4.5 MIPS, with 94Mb disk is priced at $4,900. At the top-end a 5.5 MIPS PWS/25C, again with a 25MHz part – with the addition of cache – comes in at $6,000, and the PWS/33C, rated at 7.8 MIPS, using a 33MHz 80386 with cache costs $8,000. Each of the 80386 systems comes with 4Mb memory expandable to 16Mb, run Interactive’s 386/ix Unix, and all but the PWS/20 come with the X Window System as well.
