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From: ndd@duke.cs.duke.edu (Ned Danieley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: bsd unix vs dec's vms
Message-ID: <9634@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Date: Wed, 13-May-87 09:17:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: duke.9634
Posted: Wed May 13 09:17:44 1987
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In article <294@potpourri.UUCP> rick@potpourri.UUCP (Rick Schneider) writes:
...
>4. A PN6031 (stripped down model) is equivalent to a VAX 11/780
>   in speed at less than 1/2 the price.
>5. As far as cost goes, a PN9080 runs at about the same speed as a
>   VAX 8800 at less than 1/2 the price.
...
>-- 
>Rick Schneider      ...{akgua!ucf-cs!novavax,mcnc!rti-sel}!gould!rschneider
>GOULD CSD  -  in  the cultural wasteland of sunny  Ft. Lauderdale,  Florida
>The  opinions  expressed  are  not  those  of  my  employer  or  are  they?

At less than half the price, BUT: so far as I know, no one other than
Gould makes boards for the SELBUS, which makes adding equipment rather
pricey. As an example, we recently bought a couple of 2 Meg memory
boards, on sale, for $6000 each. On the other hand, it seems like
everyone makes boards for the UNIBUS, and sells them more cheaply than
DEC.

Ned Danieley