leech@homer.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) (06/01/90)
In article <1990May26.140550.1480@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >In article <136279@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> plocher@Eng.Sun.COM (John Plocher) writes: > [story of sun PC & its configuration deleted] >> $3k-$5k depending on qty, educational discounts, etc >> + $250 Media charge for OS tape -or- + $600 Media and full Manual set >> $800 - $1k 3rd party 110Mb SCSI drive >> ======== >> $4k - $6k (And NO FAN noise!!!) > >Now, give me a phone number & contact where I can get that system for that >price - quantity 1. 1-800-624-8999 extension 2066; they'll put you on the mailing list and give you the phone number of your local Sun rep. >All of the pricing that has been posted here about the 386s are quantity >1 Jon Q Public prices and you can't compare them to quantity/educational >discounted prices. To quote the footnote in the Sun ad in the May 28 PC Week: "US List Price Quantity 1, $4,995. Includes a 17-inch, high-resolution monochrome display, 8 MB of main memory, integral Ethernet, SCSI, and serial interfaces, and the Sun Operating System." Any more questions? -- Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/ ``Scientific progress goes "Boink"?'' - Hobbes