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From: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DECStation 3100 suggestions
Message-ID: <1990Jun22.111228.15333@sti.fi>
Date: 22 Jun 90 11:12:28 GMT
References: <103243@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Stream Technologies Inc.
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In article <103243@convex.convex.com> root@convex.com (Superuser) writes:
>Can any of you DECStation users give me a suggestion on a resonable 
>(minimum) configuration for a DECStation 3100 for working in a 
>multi Vendor, multi Operation system environment.  
>
>Is Color Worth it?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>tgm

I'd say go for colour. You'll want it sooner or later anyway. I also
suggest buying the 19" monitor instead of 15". Much easier for your
eyes. If you want to save money don't get a 3100 but a 2100 instead,
you'll hardly notice the difference in performance. You could also
start with a smaller amount of RAM (8Megs ?), cause it's the easiest 
thing to add. 

The problem is that with ULTRIX you need a lot of disk space. A single
RZ55 (300M) hardly suffices. You'll need at least 1 RZ56 (600M) unless
ofcourse you have a good NFS service around to serve all but the ULTRIX
stuff.

-- 
Timo Lehtinen
Stream Technologies Inc.
Helsinki, Finland