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Article: IBM Launches New Gap-Filling iSeries Model 870.
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- Computergram International
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- July 22, 2003
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By Timothy Prickett Morgan
IBM Corp geared down the Model 810 iSeries machine back in May to offer a machine with a lower sticker price and a smaller amount of performance that would fill a gap between the entry Model 800 and the Model 810 machines. This week, IBM will fill another gap in the iSeries product line, which was revamped in January. Big Blue is announcing a geared-down Model 870 machine to fill an even bigger gap between the Model 825 and the prior Model 870.
The original second-generation iSeries line, announced last January, had nine distinct machines that spanned a power range of 300 CPWs to 37,400 CPWs, with one to 32 PowerPC or Power4 ...