joec@u1100a.UUCP (Joe Carfagno) (04/24/85)
> > Burlington, Vermont; .... Incoming freshmen ...will be required to > > purchase [AT&T 6300 PC] starting in the fall of 1985. Students will > > be able to purchase their machines outright, or finance the cost over > > their four years at the University. Maintenance is included in the > > cost of the machines. > What if they can't afford it? > marie desjardins Clarkson University, Potsdam NY, was one of the first schools to require frosh to purchase PCs (Zenith 150s). It cost the student $200 extra per semester. At the end of 4 years, an extra $200 bought the machine outright. Let's see, that's $1800 for a $4000 (at the time) machine. Even so, $400/yr is small relative to the $8-10K it costs to go to that school (I graduated in 1979 when it was much cheaper, only $7000). Of course, Clarkson worked out a deal with the manufacturer, as 1000 PCs per semester might be needed. There were some restrictions, like agreeing not to resell the PC, but that doesn't merit discussion here. Joe Carfagno u1100a!joec (if you can find u1100a, then you can send me nasty mail)
chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen) (04/25/85)
What if the guy's a hacker and wants to buy, say, a 7300 instead? Does he still have to buy a 6300? Ray Chen princeton!tilt!chenr
dad@aluxz.UUCP (DAPKUS) (04/26/85)
> > > Burlington, Vermont; .... Incoming freshmen ...will be required to > > > purchase [AT&T 6300 PC] starting in the fall of 1985. Students will > > > be able to purchase their machines outright, or finance the cost over > > > their four years at the University. Maintenance is included in the > > > cost of the machines. > > What if they can't afford it? > > marie desjardins > > Clarkson University, Potsdam NY, was one of the first schools to require > frosh to purchase PCs (Zenith 150s). It cost the student $200 extra > per semester. At the end of 4 years, an extra $200 bought the > machine outright. Let's see, that's $1800 for a $4000 (at the time) > machine. Even so, $400/yr is small relative to the $8-10K it costs > to go to that school (I graduated in 1979 when it was much cheaper, > only $7000). > > Of course, Clarkson worked out a deal with the manufacturer, as 1000 > PCs per semester might be needed. There were some restrictions, like > agreeing not to resell the PC, but that doesn't merit discussion here. > > Joe Carfagno > u1100a!joec (if you can find u1100a, then you can send me nasty mail) Oops, Clarkson is requiring freshman to purchase Z-100's, NOT Z-150's as stated above (was the case last fall). The Z-150 is a TRUE IBM compatible, the Z-100 is merely a FAST MS-DOS and CP/M-80 system. The price is quite different also. Donald Dapkus
bentley@aicchi.UUCP (Bentley) (04/26/85)
Just a note: Clarkson students didn't have Zenith 150s to choose from when the deal with Zenith was sealed...the machine involved is the Z100. The subsequent flame regarding the Z100 has been deleted by the original author before sending. mike bentley (ihnp4!aicchi!bentley)