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From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Subject: Value of DN100x0 systems
Message-ID: <1991Jun22.015853.8870@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Keywords: Apollo, DN10000
Sender: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
References: <15598@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 01:58:53 GMT

In the spirit of article <15598@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>, I was going to
post the following, fairly seriously:

Up For Bid: Apollo DN10000 System
Minimum Bid : $5,000 (U.S.) (after all, HP is offering $4,500 :-(, but
as further punishment we have buy a HP/Apollo 7x0 that won't (ever) run
(Apollo) Domain/OS)                    ^^^^^^

	Qty.         	Item Name       

	1 	HP APOLLO DN10020 System
		consisting of the following items:

	2	PRISM  Central Processor Units
	1 	64 MB Main Memory
	2	VME Disk Controllers
	3 	760 MB Disks
	1	AT-Bus Graphics Controller
	1	15"(?) 1024x800 Color Monitor / Keyboard / Mouse
	1	VME Ethernet Controller
	1	VME Token Ring Controller
	1	AT-Bus SCSI Tape Drive Controller and Drive

However, we just had a meeting with the HP sales rep, and it seems
that (much) better deals are now suddenly available for DN10000 tradeups
since the publication of the USENET letter, coincidentally :-) :
we have been offered an additional 40% discount on an equivalently loaded
750 on top of the 38% educational discount already in place. In our case,
this puts the "value" of our DN10020 at about $23000 (Can), and on top
of that, we get to KEEP our DN10020 -- that should tell you something
about the re-sale value of DN10000s !!!!
-- 
Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry
E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
Tel: (416) 978-7094                  Fax: (416) 978-8775