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Subject: Re: It's Not Fair!
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Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 13:52:53 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 25 13:52:53 1987
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> 
> 	Now then, let me see.  A-1000: $900.  CSA turbo rack with 512K
> static RAM: $3800.  150M SCSI hard drive with controller: probably $3000.
> Battery-backed clock: oh, maybe $50.  Card rack with power supply: $400-500.
> Total cost of SuperAmiga: $8150.
> 
> 	PC people have it too easy, and we have it too hard.
> 
> 	Perry!  Rescue us!
> 
> Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape	ihnp4!ptsfa -\

Actually, it's more like this:

	SUN-3/50 (4 meg 32 bit ram, 68020, MMU, Ethernet, 1152x900 BW screen,
		  2 serial ports, DMA SCSI controller, kybd)	$5K
	150 Meg CDC Wren, box, PS			       ~$3K
	Sun 3.2 single user Unix license with C, Ftn, Pascal,
		NFS, etc all standard + manuals			$450
								----
			Total price, no shopping around:       ~$8.5K

Of course, the Sun is not easily exandable but given all the "standard"
features, it is arguable whether the average user would need to expand
at all.  About all you would want to add to the above configuration is
a tape drive to do backups with, and perhaps a modem.

Anyways, the point of this posting is simply: if you're in the market
for what amounts to a low end workstation, don't bother trying to build
it out of 386 boards, 68020 coprocessors, Amigas, Ataris, MAC-II's, or 
whatever - you'll pay more and ultimately, achieve less functionality 
than if you purchased a piece of integrated equipment from a established
workstation manufacturer.

						Rick Spanbauer
						SUNY/Stony Brook