erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) (04/18/89)
In article <670@ultb.UUCP> thw9759@ultb.UUCP (T.H. White) writes: >Which is better, an AT&T 3B1 or a PC/AT clone? [...] >- a 3B1 costs a lot to repair and often times you can't repair AT&T *used* to offer a maintenence contract for ~$50/mo, or somewhere around that figure. At $600/yr, you could just buy a *second* 7300 for parts/backing up. >- an AT runs Xenix, DOS, you name it, it runs it. No IBM machine runs OS-9, which is neck-n-neck with UNIX for usefullness and well above messy dos os/blew-it. :-P >What other differences are there? Which is better??? Depends on what you want to di with it. A loaded (67Mb HD, 2Mb RAM) 3b1 w/ new software can be had for ~$1300 used, a little more than that new. You get a *real* C compiler from A&TT and multitasking with UNIX. If you just want a UNIX box, and have a real amount of money to spend, buy a '386 or 680{2|3}0 box and drive on. Pass the 3b1s and ATs on the wayside. -- Skate UNIX(tm) or die... J. Eric Townsend Inet: cosc5fa@george.uh.edu 511 Parker #2 Houston,Tx,77007 EastEnders Mailing List: eastender@flatline.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: AT VS 3B1 Summary: Expires: References: <670@ultb.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: Cold Lampin With Flav' Keywords: In article <670@ultb.UUCP> thw9759@ultb.UUCP (T.H. White) writes: >Which is better, an AT&T 3B1 or a PC/AT clone? [...] >- a 3B1 costs a lot to repair and often times you can't repair AT&T *used* to offer a maintenence contract for ~$50/mo, or somewhere around that figure. At $600/yr, you could just buy a *second* 7300 for parts/backing up. >- an AT runs Xenix, DOS, you name it, it runs it. No IBM machine runs OS-9, which is neck-n-neck with UNIX for usefullness and well above messy dos os/blew-it. :-P >What other differences are there? Which is better??? Depends on what you want to di with it. A loaded (67Mb HD, 2Mb RAM) 3b1 w/ new software can be had for ~$1300 used, a little more than that new. You get a *real* C compiler from A&TT and multitasking with UNIX. If you just want a UNIX box, and have a real amount of money to spend, buy a '386 or 680{2|3}0 box and drive on. Pass the 3b1s and ATs on the wayside. -- Skate UNIX(tm) or die... J. Eric Townsend Inet: cosc5fa@george.uh.edu 511 Parker #2 Houston,Tx,77007 EastEnders Mailing List: eastender@flatline.UUCP