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From: lee@uhccux.UUCP (Greg Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Publicity etc
Message-ID: <1128@uhccux.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 20:24:55 EST
Article-I.D.: uhccux.1128
Posted: Sat Nov 14 20:24:55 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 20:34:46 EST
References: <5886@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <2760@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: lee@uhccux.UUCP (Greg Lee)
Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu)
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Summary: Sun 3/50 good alternative


In article <2760@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
>in article <5886@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) says:
>> ...
>> Vaxstations are to expensive. But a Sun 3/50 is $3500, plus $1000 for
>> or so for a disk (from someone other than Sun, of course). Add $300
>> for a full Unix.
> ...
>SOFTWARE is a good one.  If you can write all your own, OK.  But for the 

Software is not a good one.  The 3/50 comes with lots -- lots more
is available free, e.g. TeX, Metafont, X windows.  (I don't know about
that $300 charge -- I thought full unix was included in the basic price.)
> ...
>the extra $2500 or so.  Plus, the A2000 is expandable, the Sun 3/50 isn't.
The 3/50 is expandable for more hard disk space.
But watch for product announcements from Sun in the next week or
so before getting one.	-Greg Lee, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu