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From: paddock@48color.UUCP (Steve Paddock)
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Subject: Re: Sun vs. 3B2 (was: Ksh availabil
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Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 00:19:45 EST
Article-I.D.: 48color.50
Posted: Thu Nov 12 00:19:45 1987
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References: <1957@killer.UUCP> <147000008@tiger.UUCP> <269@krebs.acc.virginia.edu>
Reply-To: paddock@48color.UUCP (pri=-0-Steve Paddock)
Organization: Best Printing Co., Austin, Tx.
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In article <269@krebs.acc.virginia.edu> wrp@krebs.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
+In article <147000008@tiger.UUCP> rjd@tiger.UUCP writes:
+>I agree on one point: for personal use a 3B2 is overkill, I
+>would rather buy a PC for home use.  
+
+I don't know about these $35,000 3b/600's, but I consider the 3b2/310
+(a little closer to $10,000) underkill for personal use, even with a
+70 Mbyte hard disk add-on.  

Sorry, I have tested both, and a properly tuned 2mb 310 will leave an
AT class machine in the dust from one to ten users. (At which point
the AT is in reboot-me mode anyhow)

+ The thing to remember when evalating claims for 3b machines is that 
+you have to divide the capacity in number of
+users by 10 to get a figure that compares with an IBM-PC, Xenix-AT, VAX,
+or whatever.  So if ATT has a $35,000 machine that is supposed to support
+30 users, it's really a 3 user machine, and you would still be better off
+with a small sun (and you get job control).

Nonsense.  


Steve.


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