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From: ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: advise on personal unix system (try a Sun 2)
Summary: personal unix, Sun 2/120
Message-ID: <17234@gatech.edu>
Date: 16 Jun 88 05:16:03 GMT
References: <1150@gmu90x.UUCP>
Reply-To: ken@gatech.UUCP (Ken Seefried iii)
Organization: School of Information and Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
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In article <1150@gmu90x.UUCP> dana@gmu90x.UUCP (J Dana Eckart) writes:
>Like a great many people I am in search of the "perfect" system.  More
>to the point, I want to find a Unix* machine for not much money.  I would
>like to think that "not much money" could be translated into about $3000
>(or even less :-)), but I have my doubts.

$3000 dollars, eh?  

I looked into every 286 and 386 system availible, and ever versiion of Unix
for them, and basicly came to the conclusion that they were inadiquate.
You can however put together a 286 or 386 system for $3k. 

However, if you are used to any kind of large unix sysem, or a BSD system, 
you will hate the PC solution.  The 286 is a nightmare.  All the Unix-es are
pretty straight system V.2 (286) or V.3 (386).  

What might you ask, can be done them...

The solution that i found was the Sun 2/120.  This is the predicessor to the 
Sun 3 & 4 that many sites have.  The basic configuration for the 2/120 is:

	pedistal mount 9 slot multibus I cardcage
	68010 main processor
	2MB memory
	60MB tape
	43 or 70 MB hard disk
	ethernet
	19" 1280x1024 mono screen

Best of all, it will run almost everything a Sun 3 runs (must be compiled
on Sun 2).  Sun has also been smart enough that the latest versions of
SunOS will run on the 2.  SunOS, BTW, is BSD 4.2 + enhacements.

Since there is a vigorous aftermarket for Sun 2 stuff, you should be able to 
get the base system for about $2500, tops.  Yesterday morning, i was quoted
$4650 for:

	Sun 2/120
	4MB RAM
	60MB tape
	280MB HD

There are several companies selling these systems, and you can shop around
(and haggel) for the best price...

drop me a line if youre interested...


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