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From: jac@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Gordon Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: THIRD PARTY HARDWARE FOR DECSTATIONS
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Date: 23 Aug 90 19:46:35 GMT
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In article <1990Aug17.212412.3305@midway.uchicago.edu> phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>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)
>
>....
>Thanks a lot for the information.
>
>Eric  

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I bought a third party hard disc for my 3100 from a place that basically
sells SUN stuff.  I just had to get a special cable to go from the
standard 50-pin D-connector to the DEC ribbon style connector.  The 
price was $2800 for a WrenVI 658Mb disc.  While memory is a little more
expensive (doesn't it have to be faster?), the other SCSI peripherals
should be identical...

CALL SUN SUPPLIERS and ask if they have the necessary cables for 3100s...

Gordie Jacobs

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