Honeywell announces new range of mainframes

Press, 26 October 1982, Page 33

Honeywell announces new range of mainframes

Honeywell has expanded its mainframe family with the introduction of a very large scale family of computer systems, called the DPS 88. Initially announced were two models which deliver, respectively, up to four times

and a half and six to eight times the processing power of the company's previously most powerful system, the DPS 8/70. Maximum I/O throughput capacity on the new system is 96 million bytes per second, about 12 times the throughput of the 8/70. The company plans to introduce still more powerful

versions of the DPS 88 (in three-and four-processor configurations) later. The new family is part of Honeywell’s Distributed Systems Architecture approach to networking. DPS 88 systems meet all Honeywell specifications for hosts in its communications networks,

which are consistent with national and international standards for digital networks. “The DPS 88 is a completely new line of very large scale mainframes, offering not only high availability and enormous processing power, but also data

communications capabilities,” said the managing director. Honeywell information systems. Mr John McKim. Mr McKim said that among large scale users the demand for processing power was growing at a compound rate of 40 per cent a year. "Because of this increased

demand, the VLS market is expanding rapidly as users ‘top out' on their current equipment. Our response to this situation is the DPS 88. The product line, as well as the fundamental technology it is built on, will continue to expand Honeywell’s computer business throughout the 1980 s." he said.