Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!dgbt!netfs.dnd.ca!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!beyond!andrey From: andrey@beyond.caltech.edu (Andre T. Yew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: A3000UX academic pricing (was Re: A3000UX at UniForum?) Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 21:14:44 GMT References: <18550@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1183@telesoft.com> <1337@borg.cs.unc.edu> Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: beyond.cs.caltech.edu Speaking of the NeXT and its very limited hard disk at about $3200, does anybody know how much we can actually do with only 100MB of disk? I'd guess not too much. From personal experience, X binaries alone on an HP-9000 takes approximately 28 MB, and the GNU utilities must take a whole bunch more disk. Suns, I hear, need approxiamtely 200 MB to do anything useful. Also, considering the Amiga stuff some people might have, 100 MB is starting to sound a little cramped. 200 MB, just barely enough. Could someone with some experience with these machines (the UNIX Amigas) please talk a little about these issues? I would really appreciate it. -- andrey@through.cs.caltech.edu Andre Yew 131.215.128.1 --