Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!cix.compulink.co.uk!gtwibell From: gtwibell@cix.compulink.co.uk (Geoff Twibell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Apollo Domain 3000 Message-ID: Date: 25 Jan 91 09:12:00 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 24 I may soon have a chance to buy an Apollo Domain 3000 workstation for something around the UK equivalent of 600 or 700 dollars, and need to know if this a good buy or not. I know nothing of UNIX and the hardware it runs on (being a DOS user) but welcome a chance to learn. The system in question has no floppy but there's a tape drive. The monitor is 15" colour, there's a mouse and I'm told it runs stand-alone, so presumably has a hard disk too. It has had a recent memory upgrade (4Mb to 8Mb ?) and comes with about two yards of manuals. It's currently configured as a CAD/CAE system, with Redac VISULA software loaded (plus another two yards of manuals). There appears to be ports aplenty, including a BNC (Ethernet?) connector. Is it worth the asking price? Can I use standard PC peripherals (ie printers, modems) with it? Will it take standard PD/Shareware (eg GNU)? Is there still an active Apollo user group, maybe in the UK? Anything I should specifically check before deciding whether to purchase? Thanks in anticipation. Geoff T.