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In article <1991Mar28.083152.1455@njitgw.njit.edu> cd5340@mars.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
[...]
>network access.  And the server station was much slower.  It was cheaper
>to buy another 386-PC than to leave the server non-dedicated.  If PC's
>cost as much as SUNs, I'd say there is a point to the wasted processing
>power, but they're not.  Not using 67% of a 386 isn't a big deal, not
>using 67% of a SUN 4/??? is a very big (and expensive) deal.

We recently paid about 30% less for a Sun IPC than we would have paid 
for a comparably configured Compaq SystemPro.  Even going to a 
Compaq 486 DeskPro would have cost more.  The Sun gave us an
inexpensive, well supported server which will also act as a 
TCP/IP and SNA gateway, allow for cheap and easy remote administration
via a modem, and support some remote applications via terminals.


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