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Data General m88k AViiON

Overview

The m88k-based AViiON servers were the successors to the once popular DG NOVA servers. They consisted of a whole series of computers based on Motorola m88k-CPUs ranging from small desktop-sized workstations to rather big and bulky SMP servers. The only OS that runs on these systems is, at least to my knowledge, Data General's own Unix implementation, called DG-UX.

The table below tries to summarize the different AViiON systems; since information on these old boxen is generally very hard to come by, some of the entries may be incomplete and/or incorrect.

Model Case CPU Clock Cache
per CPU
RAM
max.
Internal I/O1 External I/O1
AV200 desktop 88100 16MHz 32KB 16MB SE 10mb, SE, 2 ser, k/m
AV300 pizzabox 88100 16MHz 32KB      
AV310 pizzabox 88100 20MHz 32KB      
AV400 deskside 88100 20MHz 32KB 128MB SE, 2 VME 10mb, SE, 2 ser, 1 par, k/m, RGB
AV410 deskside 2 88100 20MHz 32KB 128MB SE, 2 VME 10mb, SE, 2 ser, 1 par, k/m, RGB
AV500 deskside 88110 40MHz   128MB SE 10mb, SE, 2 ser, k/m
AV530 deskside 2 88100 25MHz     SE, 2 VME 10mb, SE, 2 ser, 1 par, k/m, RGB
AV550 wide tower 88110 40MHz        
AV3200   88100          
AV4100 deskside 88100 20MHz   128MB SE, 2 VME 10mb, SE, 2 ser, 1 par, k/m, RGB
AV4300 deskside 88100 25MHz   128MB SE, 2 VME 10mb, SE, 2 ser, 1 par
AV4320 deskside 2 88100 25MHz   128MB SE, 2 VME 10mb, SE, 2 ser, 1 par
AV4500 tower 88110 40MHz 256KB 256MB    
AV4600 deskside 88100 33MHz   128MB 2 VME 10mb
AV4605 deskside 88100 33MHz   128MB 2 VME 10mb
AV4625 deskside 1-2 88100 33MHz   128MB 2 VME 2 10mb
AV5100   88100 20MHz        
AV5240   1-4 88100          
AV5500 wide tower 1-2 88110 40MHz 256KB 256MB SE, opt. FW, 2 VME 10mb, 4 ser, SE, par
AV6100   1-2 88100 20MHz        
AV6240 rack 1-4 88100          
AV6280 rack 1-8 88100          
AV8000-8   1-8 88100          
AV8500 wide tower 2-4 88100 50MHz 256KB 2GB SE, opt. FW, 5 VME 10mb, 3 ser, SE, par
AV8500+ wide tower 2-8 88110 50MHz 256KB 2GB SE, opt. FW, 5 VME 10mb, 3 ser, SE, par
AV9500 rack 2-16 88100 50MHz 256KB 2GB SE, opt. FW, 5 VME 10mb, 3 ser, SE, par
AV9500+ rack 2-18 88110 50MHz 256KB 2GB SE, opt. FW, 5 VME 10mb, 3 ser, SE, par

Notes

1. I/O abbrevations

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