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From: pgn@cbnewsc.att.com (Novorolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Is the 3b2 dead?, I think so:-(
Message-ID: <1990Jun7.163046.6487@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 7 Jun 90 16:30:46 GMT
References: <285@alix.UUCP>
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From article <285@alix.UUCP>, by isolated@alix.UUCP (20 James D. Corder):
> In article <23021@cfctech.cfc.com> kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy) writes:
>>In article <1990Jun5.002131.11389@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> terry@eesun1.eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull) writes:
>>>sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes:
>>>
>>>>:From article <3532@wb3ffv.ampr.org>, by smarc@wb3ffv.ampr.org (Marc Siegel):
>>>>> 
>>>>> I wonder how many other people out there work for companies that
>>>>> have LARGE investments in 3b2 hardware and software. We have several
>>>>> 3b2's that may not be supported very much longer. While nobody at
>>>>> AT&T will actually confirm this, it seems that the 3b2 is a dead
>>>>> product line.
>>>
>>>>Do you mean the whole 3B2 line or the 310/400 models?  I doubt the former
>>>>and I believe the latter has already been announced.  The low-end 3B2's
>>>>are slower than 386's so why not phase them out.  However, I have heard
>>>>nothing to suggest that the rest of the entire 3B2 line is on its way out.
>>>
> 
> Hello:-)
> 
> 	I can not confirm this.  However, I feel that it is true.  I have
> a 3B2/300 that I love:-)  It is SLOW.  It is CO$TLY.  It is OUTDATED:-(
> But, I like it!  The problem that I have with the 3B2 line over the 386's
> is optional extras!  The cost to expand a 3B2 is outrages!!!  One can not
> go to the local store and purchase a hard drive for the unit.  One must
> first buy a XM box$$$
> 

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Not to pick on J.Corder (I just more or less randomly chose
this article to respond to....)

The 3B2 is NOT dead!
The 3B2 is NOT dead!
The 3B2 is NOT dead!
The 3B2 is NOT dead!

Okay??

Maybe this statement should be posted monthly (Sheesh!)

The 3B2 computer model 300 is no longer being manufactured.
All other models are still in production.

Just this last monday, Release 3.2.3 of the UNIX\(rg Operating system
for the 3B2 models 500, 600, 700, and 1000 was announced.
It provides up to 25% improved performance over the previous
release (SVR3.2.2) for the 3B2. 

Other evidence of the health of the 3B2 line:

    Continued sales of 3B2 computers to the USAF

    Some additional SCSI peripherals:
     Optical Disk Changer (A "juke-box" type arrangement)
     320/525 MB cartridge tape unit which is compatible with
       the 60MB and 120MB units in current 3B2 models.

    The UNIX System V Release 4.0.1 (As in SVR4)
	development platform was recently released,
	and is available to qualifying ISV and VARs
	for the 3B2 model 500, 600, and 700 computers.
	(Limited distribution)
    

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**paul novorolsky
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