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From: jak@sactoh0.UUCP (Jay A. Konigsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: another 3b2 question
Message-ID: <3518@sactoh0.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 90 19:06:30 GMT
References: <23386@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <72@dlss2.UUCP>
Reply-To: jak@sactoh0.UUCP (Jay A. Konigsberg)
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Organization: SAC-UNIX, Sacramento, Ca.
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In article <72@dlss2.UUCP> james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) writes:
>	I know a fella bought a 3B2/400 with quite a bit of software and some
>extra boards in it for less than $6K, but then our 3B2/700 went for $75K+.
>
3B2/400's can be gotten for _much_ less than $6K. I've heard of prices lower
than $2K (local prices may vary).

>If you're going to do light duty, several users, you can get by with the
>smaller machines (400/500). 


There is a world of difference between a 3B2/400 & 500. Much more than
a 310-400 or 500-600-700. The 400 is a slow _very_ dependable machine,
while a 500 is quite noticeably faster (about as robust, but there is
room for argument).

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