RS/6000
The IBM RS/6000 was introduced in 1990 series of Unix workstations and servers, which was replaced by the IBM System p. The computers were shipped with the IBM AIX Unix derivative. RS/6000 was available for RS/6000. In the RS/6000-Reihe computers were available from small desktop computer to the multi-way cluster computer.
The RS/6000-Rechner are no longer sold today, but in many companies or universities, many devices are still in use. The IBM successor series is the System p and IBM eServer p5 since 2004.
History
The RS/6000 was the successor to the Unix - based IBM RT. While in the first or the MCA bus RS/6000-Modellen was used, the more recent models use the PCI bus. Some later models used the standardized PReP and CHRP platforms that had been jointly developed with Apple and Motorola. It was planned many different operating systems such as Windows NT, NetWare, OS / 2, Solaris, Taligent, AIX and MacOS to use. However, only the UNIX variant AIX from IBM was used and supported.
There were several RS/6000-Computer-Typen: Power Server (server ), power station ( workstation) and Scalable Power Parallel ( supercomputer ). While most computers were housed in desktop, tower or rack enclosures, so there were two laptop models (model N40 and Model 860).
Some well-known computer based on RISC System/6000. For example, the chess computer Deep Blue, which beat the former world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, or the Supercomputer ASCI White, who from 2000 to 2002, the fastest computer in the world.
Models
Type 7006
7007
The model N40 was a PowerPC -based notebook, which was designed and manufactured by Tadpole Technology for IBM. It was sold on March 25, 1994 for $ 12,000. The internal battery, the system could provide only for about 45 minutes with energy, so an external battery pack for this laptop was available.