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From: orac@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Giovacchini)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Rising popularity/interest in the 3B1; S/B remanufactured?
Message-ID: <1991Jan11.084738.17711@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 11 Jan 91 08:47:38 GMT
References: <37826@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
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In article <37826@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:

>Informally received information here indicates we're getting a LOT of converts
>to the 3B1 from other computers (IBM-PCs, Macs, Amigas, and a few others) plus
>a rising interest by college and university students who need an "affordable"
>UNIX box that runs reasonably fast.

>Veddy, veddy inneresting.  It DEFINITELY appears there's a huge, untapped
>market for low-priced and reliable UNIX systems.  I wonder if AT&T's gonna
>be sorry they dropped the 3B1/UNIXPC/PC7300 because it seems that NOW is the
>time they should be selling them.  I'm now getting 5-10 phone calls a DAY from
>people asking where they can buy these systems.

	I am one of them.  I had a klone 386sx that I used mostly as a
 800 by 600 SVGA terminal ( Procomm + ).  To make a long story short,
 I traded the 386sx for a 7300/3b1 ( upgraded machine ) and a 3b2-310.
 I thought I was going to use the 3b1 for a door stop and the 3b2 for
 learning Unix internals.  Well, it is the other way around.  The 3b2 
 is the door stop ( Forsale too! ) and the 3b1 is up 24 hours.  I
 love this machine.  I don't even miss Win/3 or all my .gifs.  Had
 a few problems with it, but ever since its last Mass dust bunny kill,
 not a single problem.  

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         Paul J. Giovacchini        | My file system is in such bad shape...
      ( orac@prowlr.chi.il.us )     | When fsdb saw it, it dumped core twice! 
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