Undeterred by its forthcoming immersion within Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn-based Nixdorf Computer AG has launched a new Model 25 and Model 55, both based on Motorola’s 68040 chip, to expand its Unix-based Targon/31 range; various enhancements have also been made to the Unix-TOS Targon operat ing system Unix-TOS. Nixdorf claims that the 68040 processor helps the new models to twice the previous performance: according ly, the Targon series now offers a perform ance range extending from the 3.5 MIPS of the Model 5 up to 20 MIPS on the Model 55; upgrades to the new central processing unit will available for Model 15s and 45s. The Unix/TOS operating system has been given a tuning feature designed to optimise the use of several processors in a symmetrical mul ti-processing configuration. Like Tandem’s Integrity S2 Unix machine launched last January (CI No 1,340), the new Targons will include the Berkeley Fast File System for faster input-output; either X Window or the Open Software Foundation’s Motif are avail able as options. All of the new operating system functions can be incorporated in existing Targon installations. Included in the prices of base configurations – which now go from the equivalent of $15,000 for the Model 5 to $115,000 for the Model 55 – are an SCSI interface, Ethernet or Cheaper net controller, modem and battery back-up.
