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From: phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: THIRD PARTY HARDWARE FOR DECSTATIONS
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Date: 17 Aug 90 20:13:56 GMT
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Well, I have done some research on workstations and find myself a bit
less ignorant than last week about the DEC-Station 3100/5000, thanks to
net-answers to my question.

About prices: I am amazed by the price difference with the SUN-SS1+, not for 
the base systems which are comparable, BUT FOR THE ADD-ONS.
Namely:		Cost of RAM		1200/4MB  vs 960/8MB for SS1+
		Cost of Hard-Drive	4500$/665MB vs 2800$/665MB SUN
						and 1900$/665MB Fuji
		Cost of TAPE-DRIVE	1750$/95MB vs 880$/130MB SUN

(These prices are after academic discounts)

1) Can I buy and install third-party SCSI hard drives (FUJI) ?

2) Can I buy and install third-party tape drives ?

3) RAM: Has anybody try to stick third-party or SUN 4MB RAM in a decstation.
   I was told that if the 3100 is limited to 24MB, it's because NEC only has
   1MB chips.  What would happen if I put third-party 4MB chips? 

Thanks a lot for the information.

Eric