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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: 4.2BSD on uVaxII ??
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Date: Thu, 23-May-85 13:45:21 EDT
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> ... what advantage would a uVaxII have over a SUN ? A good
> tradeoff review between the two would be a real benefit to many potential 
> purchasers.

Well, I can guess at one tradeoff right off the bat:  if you thought that
ordering from Sun gave you a good chance to practice patient waiting, just
try ordering a new highly-popular machine from Dec!  I haven't heard about
uVaxII deliveries, but I do know that the ETA on an 11/24 ordered just
after announcement was a full year.  Our 11/44 -- ordered not long after the
machine was announced -- took about 4 months, and that was quick:  the
configuration we ordered did not have much memory, which sped things up.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry