Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!mars!kaleb From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: hardware costs, again... Message-ID: <3824@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Date: 25 May 90 15:35:24 GMT References: <5620@seac.UUCP> <1990May23.163155.4933@ico.isc.com> <5623@seac.UUCP> <35O3P93@xds13.ferranti.com> Sender: news@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov Reply-To: kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Lines: 66 In article <35O3P93@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: -In article <5623@seac.UUCP> wain@seac.UUCP (Wain Dobson) writes: -- I'm getting the feeling that I am spoiled brat as to hardware. Just what -- is everyone running out there? It would seem that a bare bones UNIX -- machine, for personal use only, could be: - -- (1) 386SX -- (2) 4 Megs of memory -- (3) Mouse -- (4) Monochrome Card -- (5) Monochrome Monitor -- (6) 80 Meg drive -- (7) ESDI/SCSI - -Less than that... what would be using the mouse for? you're not running -X in that configuration. - -Anyone feel like running up a price on this thing? Sounds like something -for the frequently asked questions file: "What's the cheapest way to get -into UNIX on the 80386?". Based on prices I just saw at a recent computer swap meet: (1) 386SX 16mhz SX m'board w/ 0k RAM US$300.00 (or) 16/20mhz SX m'board w/ 0k RAM 350.00 Baby AT case 50.00 200w P/S 50.00 101 key tactile keyboard 75.00 * (2) 4 Megs of memory 70ns SIMM @ 66.00/megabyte 264.00 (3) Mouse Logitech Hirez Bus Mouse 75.00 (4) Monochrome Card Taiwan clone VGA (Paradise) 135.00 (5) Monochrome Monitor Page White VGA mono 125.00 (6) 80 Meg drive 500.00 * (7) ESDI/SCSI 350.00 * -------- 1924.00 or subtotal 1974.00 -------- (8) ESIX SysV.3.2.D 1-2 User w/ TCP/IP + X Windows + Software development + lots more 560.00 (list?) -------- 2534.00 * Don't really know, just guessing. All prices are approximate, except the SIMMs, which is what *I* went to buy. I highly recommend spending the extra bucks and getting the VGA card and using a mono VGA monitor; mono VGA monitors only being about $10.00 more than Herc' mono monitors. Then if you want a color monitor later, you'll already have the adapter. Plus, ESIX X Windows works just fine on the mono monitor. Note: I'm not advertising/selling anything. I post these prices for their information content only. If you want to buy ESIX, call information in the 415 area code to find "the distributor near you." kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propeller Labs Kaleb Keithley