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From: john@iastate.edu (Hascall John Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DEC 5000/120 and 5000/200
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Date: 22 Apr 91 04:50:54 GMT
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jensen@milton.u.washington.edu (Lars Jensen) writes:
}Can somebody out there explain to me the difference between DEC 5000/120 and
}DEC 5000/200? There is a large difference in price, but the brochures I have
}does not explain the difference. Thanks.

I don't think I can comment on why (yet) -- but there are a limited
number of ways to create a "price leader" version of a product, you
should be able to make a pretty good guess.

Of course, I can neither confirm nor deny the existance of the 5000/120.

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John Hascall                        An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger.
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