Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!helios!archone!steve From: steve@archone.tamu.edu (Steve Rikli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Apollo Domain 3000 Message-ID: <11724@helios.TAMU.EDU> Date: 2 Feb 91 14:30:47 GMT References: Sender: usenet@helios.TAMU.EDU Organization: College of Architecture, Texas A&M University. Lines: 40 In article gtwibell@cix.compulink.co.uk (Geoff Twibell) writes: >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. > >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)? Anything I should >specifically check before deciding whether to purchase? I hate to be the purveyor of "me too" posts, but we have an opportunity to acquire 6 Apollo 3000's of various configurations in exchange for some PC hardware. Never having dealt with the things before, I would just like to have some basic info about the machine, vis: - what kind of processor(s) they have (68030? '020? other?) - what flavor of unix they use (BSD?, System V?, proprietary?) And just general comments about the overall quality and usefulness of the things. If you've personally used them, some brief description of the applications you were using would be appreciated. Thnx in advance. -- || steve@archone.tamu.edu ||| Steve Rikli, Assistant System Administrator || || srr2632@rigel.tamu.edu ||| Visualization Lab, College of Architecture || || ||| Texas A&M University || || (409) 845-3465 ||| College Station, TX 77843 ||