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From: nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk (Nicko van Someren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: ARM-3 benchmarks
Message-ID: <1991May14.114346.1184@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 14 May 91 11:43:46 GMT
References: <1694@culhua.prg.ox.ac.uk> <1991May9.225306.27109@cl.cam.ac.uk> <1991May13.145154.21732@maths.bath.ac.uk> <1991May13.192221.22184@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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In article <1991May13.192221.22184@watdragon.waterloo.edu> gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu (Graeme Williams) writes:
>OK I have to ask this - how do prices for Suns and ARM3 machines compare??

I think that the cheepest Sparc IPC, which has about the same hardware spec
as an R260 but has a 17" mono monitor and NO SunOS (pay more for it) is about
5650 quid, or was last time I looked.  To have SunOS you need to pay an extra
250 for the CD ROM, 450 for the manuals and 650 for the CD ROM drive.  Then
you need to spend 300 on a thin-ether drop box if you don't want to pay more
to have thick-ether wiring.  That looks like 7300 quid to me, compared to 4000
for an R260 with an extra 300 for the on site service that Acorn make you get.
Note that the R260 is alot faster than an R140 with an ARM3 as the RAM and disk
speed make a great deal of differenc.



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