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From: lgm@ihwpt.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,att.sys.unixpc,att.workplace
Subject: Chicago Tribune advertisement concerning UNIX PCs
Message-ID: <1746@ihwpt.ATT.COM>
Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 21:23:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihwpt.1746
Posted: Mon Jun 15 21:23:59 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jun-87 02:18:17 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: UNIX PC, PC 7300, 3B1, Elek-Tek Inc., Chicago Tribune
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I called Elek-Tek, Inc., to inquire about their prices for 3B1 Computers
as mentioned in their ad in the Chicago Tribune.  ("Full line of
AT&T 3B1 computers at similar discounts.")  Their quotes are:

	RAM (MB)	Hard Disk (MB)		Price ($)

	1		40			1250
	2		40			1395
	2		67			1550

None of these include the UNIX Operating System, which they are
selling for $210, nor the UNIX Utilities.  (I did not ask for a
price on the latter.)

First, some clarification of terms for the sake of some newsgroups.
The 3B1 Computer is nothing more and nothing less than a UNIX PC,
expanded with more RAM and a larger, much faster hard disk drive.
The UNIX PC 7300, with 1 MB of RAM and 20 MB hard disk, Elek-Tek
is selling for $785, again not including the UNIX Operating System.

Now for some enthusiasm:  The largest size in particular is an
amazing deal!  The machine has a Motorola 68010 microprocessor
running at 10 MHz (considerably faster than an 80286, I'm told);
its implementation of UNIX System V Release 2 is reportedly
speedy, pretty complete, and paged; and the disk has a 28-msec
access time.  2 megabytes of RAM gives large programs plenty of
elbow room, and 67 megabytes of disk should satisfy even a packrat
like me.  All for $1760!

I myself have already ordered the largest-size machine at a similar
price from an AT&T Value-Added Reseller in Aurora, IL.


				Larry Mayka
				AT&T (Bell Laboratories)
				(312) 979-2766
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