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From: mproicou@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Michael C. Proicou)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Workstation pricing, Sun vs. ISA
Message-ID: <1320@blackbird.afit.af.mil>
Date: 31 Aug 89 02:56:54 GMT
References: <1989Aug30.204441.3294@algor2.algorists.com>
Reply-To: mproicou@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Michael C. Proicou)
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In article <1989Aug30.204441.3294@algor2.algorists.com> jeffrey@algor2.UUCP (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:
>As you were warned, here is a comparison of Sun and ISA pricing.
Sun stuff deleted.
>
>AST 386/C (20 MHz), 1MByte memory, 5.25" floppy      2,700
>4MByte memory                                        1,600
>4MByte memory                                          780
>CDC Wren V hard disk, 383.3 Mbytes unformatted       2,300
>DPT caching controller w/ .5 Mbyte memory              850
>2Mbytes additional memory for DPT controller           850
>Bell Tech (now Intel) System V, Release 3.2, w/
>documentation                                          395
                                                        ^^^

Is this really the price for System V Unix?????  I was under the 
impression that Unix was still > $1000 even without the troff
stuff.

If this price is really available, then I can actually afford a
386 box to replace my 3B1 with! Yippee!
-- 
Mike Proicou
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