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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
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Subject: Re: A3000UX - Born to run UNIX SVR4
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Date: 9 Feb 91 06:07:05 GMT
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In article <11961@helios.TAMU.EDU> n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Raoul Rodriguez) writes:
>O.K.... lesse, 
>
>[Raoul, I mangled your post a bit.  Sorry. :-) ]
>
>2) The NeXTStation would be more accuratlky compared to the A500 with a
>   200 Meg HD and 68030 than the A3000, why?  Because the NeXTStation is
>   unexpandable like the A500 (mostly) is, although I think that the A500
>   does beat the NeXTStation in explandability because of the Slot on
>   the side...
>[...]
>4) There is a NeXTStation (a.k.a the "slab") with color, 4032 colors to
>   be precise, and I think it it about $5,000+ (educational price), but
>   then again, this would the almost (with the exceptin of the CPU)
>   be the comparisin to the afformentioned A500 with extra ram (9
>   megs, 200HD x/unix, network card.. ect.)  Does anyone have any
>   ideas how much a A500 setup like that would be?

You know, that's pretty accurate.  Lessee...  
A500/1MB/Color, stereo monitor            $699 (Educational -- ANY Amiga dealer)
25Mhz MegaMidgetRacer 030                 $699 (Creative Computers, AW 2/91)
MMR 32-bit RAM Daughterboard              $319 (Creative Computers, AW 2/91)
8MB of 80ns DRAMS (at ~$50/MB)            $400 
Trumpcard/Quantum 210MB                  $1099 (Computability, AW 2/91)
                                         -----
                                         $3216

I don't have any info the price of Unix.  Here, though, is the least expandable
Amiga, which still remains expandable to a good degree.  Want to expand that 
Slab?  No go.  This is also a color system (4096).  Also, the 030 board I 
listed is not the cheapest (the other costs $395 w/o CPU, but I didn't have
a price for it with a 25Mhz 030).  In addition, these boards can go higher
than 25Mhz.

>3)  The NeXT Machine to compare the A3000UX to would be the Cube, when
>    NeXT becomes expandable it also becomes expensive... I believe that
>    the Cube with the color board (the 4032 color board that is) is
>    ~$7,900 (I lost my notecad with the prices on it, that is my best
>    guess (putting on asbestos undies)) educatoinal price.

Definitely true.  Comparing a non-expandable box to an extremely expandable
one is quite misleading.

>Raoul "My 500 Has a Detachable Keyboard" Rodriguez

Mine too. :)

>n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu
>Standard Disclaimers Apply (Within)

Greg

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