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ACTion Systems AXP275 to be exhibited at Comdex.


MERRIFIELD, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1994--BTG ACTion Systems, formerly ACTech, will exhibit its ACTion Systems AXP The brand name Digital gave to its first family of Alpha-based computers. In 1998, Digital was acquired by Compaq. See Alpha. 275 computer at Comdex. The system, offering workstation performance in the Windows NT environment, features Digital Equipment Corporation's 275 megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz.

MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors.
 Alpha processor. Capable of a half-billion instructions per second Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed. Many reported IPS values have represented "peak" execution rates on artificial instruction sequences with few branches, whereas realistic workloads consist of a mix of instructions and even applications, , the Alpha is the fastest microprocessor commercially available.

The AXP275 will be located in Microsoft's main exhibit in the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . They will also power Nokia's state-of-the-art display monitors in the Finnish Foreign Trade Association booth, located in the Sands Expo and Convention Center. The AXP275 should soon be available from national distributor Tech Data.

BTG BTG BIT (Built-In Test) Target Generator
BTG Bridging the Gap
BTG British Technology Group
BtG Betreuungsgesetz (Germany)
BTG Biomass Technology Group BV
BTG Begbies Traynor Group
 is a Northern Virginia information technology company providing a full range of computer systems, services and products to Government and private sector clients. BTG'S ACTion Systems are customized, high speed INTEL- and RISC-based computers, including the Pentium P90 and P60 and various 486 computers.

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For information about BTG's ACTion Systems line of computer, call Brad Mack or Steve Taylor at 703-641-1200

CONTACT: BTG ACTion Systems, Merrifield

Brad Mack or Steve Taylor, 703/641-1200

KEYWORDS: VIRGINIA

INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED COMDEX REPEATS: New York 212-575-8822 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-330-5311 or

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