Milpitas, California-based NetFrame Systems Inc – founded by Carlton Amdahl, son of the Good Doctor – has introduced the low-end NF100ES series of multi-processing servers, claiming that the purpose-built machine is cheaper than personal computer-based servers. The machine supports 40 users and can be expanded to take 1,000. It has dual concurrently operating buses, ECC memory, dual fans for cooling, independently operating input-output processors and auto restart and it can be managed remotely. It starts at $13,000 with a 25MHz 80386 and has up to three Intel 80386-class processors for input-output. Remote control is provided by an independently powered Intel 8088. The price includes 8Mb, 200Mb disk, SCSI II controller, an Ethernet or Token Ring connection and an RS232 port; out now.
