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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Next computer (Re: CISC Silent Spring)
Message-ID: <36@newave.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 90 00:28:10 GMT
References: <8859@portia.Stanford.EDU> <1990Feb6.060809.15101@nueces.cactus.org>
Reply-To: john@newave.MN.ORG (John A. Weeks III)
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In article <1990Feb6.060809.15101@nueces.cactus.org> chari@nueces.cactus.org (Chris Whatley) writes:
> underdog@portia.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
>
> > Worse, NEXT costs MORE than a Sparstation I.
>
>What store are you buying your computers from. You are incorrect.  A
>NeXT with a 40MB winchester, a 256MB optical, 8mb of ram a 17-inch
>monitor with a 25Mhz '030 and a DSP is ~$7000.00

Is this an educational price?  The last time I checked at BusinessLand,
the NeXT without the 40M Drive but with the printer is $17,400.  I think
Steve is now including the 40M drive at no extra cost.  Subtracting $3400
for the printer, the NeXT sells commercially for about $13,000.

-john-

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