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From: jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Sun 3/80 (Was: Duesseldorf: personal impression of the TT(T))
Message-ID: <547@monroe.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 89 18:49:49 GMT
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Reply-To: jerry@monroe.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel)
Organization: Polygen Corporation, Waltham, MA
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>Where do I get a Sun 3/80 for 5k ? I want one for that price!
>
>Today we got an offer from SUN Germany for a kind of 3/80 with 2*110 meg drives,
>a streamer box (extern!) and the SUN OS4.0 (they charged it extra with 1000$).
>The prices (after 30% discount) where 15k$ !!!!
>
>So if somewhere in the world I can get the same for 5k + drives then please tell
>me.
>
>
>	Andreas Toenne
>	atoenne@unido.uucp
>

I've seen magazine ads from Sun for the Sparcstation One, their 12 MIPS RISC
machine, with 8MB memory and a grey-scale monitor for under $9K retail.  The
3 MIPS Sun 3/80 monochrome without disk is much less than that: $5K-$5.5K.

My guess is that the external tape box is at least a few grand, and maybe
Sun was offering you the 24-bit color model, or the Sun 3/80GX model 
(super-fast accelerated 8-bit color graphics).  Remember that just the 
monitors for such systems go for $2-3K.
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