alex@umbc4.umbc.edu (Alex S. Crain) (05/11/91)
In article <1991May10.193839.4095@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wkwong@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Waihon A Kwong) writes: > >Will there be anyone please tell me something about 3b1's basic? >I'm new here, and I have an offer to buy an 3b1 machine. My advice is to buy the 2meg 3b1 w/ tape drive and DOS card for $950 that was advertised recently, thats about as cheap as I've ever seen one. As far as the machine goes, I like mine (both of them). Its a nice stable unix box with boatloads of free software, and as they move comfortably into old age, they are becomming more dedicated instead of obsolete, and will ultimately become mail servers, or print spoolers or relegated so some other support function. After two or three years with no problems save a disk failure, they are still used regularly by me and my wife to read mail/news, do homework (TeX, C and Lisp), play, and experiment on. Theres nothing even close for the price. -- ################################# :alex. #Disclaimer: Anyone who agrees # Systems Programmer #with me deserves what they get.# University of Maryland Baltimore County ################################# alex@umbc3.umbc.edu