rickc@agora.UUCP (Rick Coates) (04/15/88)
To comp.sys.att people: I just got a flyer today in the mail from an outfit selling 'surplus' AT&T 7300's. They want $1295 for .5M ram, 20M disk, and a s/w bundle that has EMACS, /rdb, a C interpreter, and Wizard/PS. They want $995 for the same h/w with no bundle, $495 for the same h/w except for a 10M disk. My question is, what kind of deal is this? I have a PC XT for my home system and would much rather have a Unix system (I am a BSEE currently working as a consultant doing graphics software applications and system programming on Sun-3's and Sun-4's). The price seems pretty good, but is a 7300 a reasonable machine? I really wince at the $495 AT&T 'Developer's Utility Software' - I consider this a necessity. Many thanks in advance. Rick Coates tektronix!sequent!islabs!ateq!rick OR tektronix!reed!percival!agora!rickc