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From: tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: DIBOL alternatives?
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Date: 1 May 89 23:07:55 GMT
Reply-To: tim@cit-vax.UUCP (Timothy L. Kay)
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I might be consulting for a company that is running a large
application written in DIBOL.  They want to upgrade from their 11/70
platform.  DEC proposes a Micro Vax.  The prices are outrageous.  They
charge about $8,000 for each incremental 10-user license.  They charge
about $11,500 for each disk drive!

Questions:

	1.  Does the software restrict you from running more users
	than you are licensed?

	2.  Do other vendors make RS232 serial boards for the MV3300?

	3.  What do I need to know about finding alternate vendors
	for disk space?  I suppose I would need controller cards that
	would hook up to Maxtor disks, for example?

	4.  Are there other platforms that run DIBOL?  Preferably
	under Unix?

Tim