andersom@boulder.Colorado.EDU (ANDERSON MARC O) (07/12/90)
I'm interested in any info that anyone can give me about the 3b2... (processor? software availablity? does X run on it? what would be a reasonable price for a base system? what a base system might include?) Thanks... Marc Anderson
james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) (07/12/90)
It depends... I know a fella bought a 3B2/400 with quite a bit of software and some extra boards in it for less than $6K, but then our 3B2/700 went for $75K+. It would vary wildly with the vendor (AT&T being somewhat higher occasionally). What you get should depend on what you want to do with it...if you're really going to pound it; get the bigger machines with Multi-Processor options. If you're going to do light duty, several users, you can get by with the smaller machines (400/500). Light is defined as word processing, e-mail, etc <no big spread sheets or big bad data base work on stock machines>. Heavy is defined as everything data base, spread sheet, compiling and running several C programs, lots of news or network activity. If you fall in between get the Multi-Processors. -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ |Disclaimer: | James Cummings | | You can't blame me! | UUCP: | | I'm ignorant! | ..swblat!{texbell!texnet.. | |+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+| swgate!dlss1..}!dlss2!james | |Send flames to: | NET: | | sowc@devnull.com | jc@smunews | | | | =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
jak@sactoh0.UUCP (Jay A. Konigsberg) (07/14/90)
In article <72@dlss2.UUCP> james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings) writes: > I know a fella bought a 3B2/400 with quite a bit of software and some >extra boards in it for less than $6K, but then our 3B2/700 went for $75K+. > 3B2/400's can be gotten for _much_ less than $6K. I've heard of prices lower than $2K (local prices may vary). >If you're going to do light duty, several users, you can get by with the >smaller machines (400/500). There is a world of difference between a 3B2/400 & 500. Much more than a 310-400 or 500-600-700. The 400 is a slow _very_ dependable machine, while a 500 is quite noticeably faster (about as robust, but there is room for argument). -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Jay @ SAC-UNIX, Sacramento, Ca. UUCP=...pacbell!sactoh0!jak If something is worth doing, its worth doing correctly.