Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!UNTVAX.BITNET!ac02 From: ac02@UNTVAX.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: re: $30 uVAX Message-ID: <8807120749.AA18088@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 12 Jul 88 07:49:46 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 9 X-Unparsable-Date: Mon, 11-JUL-1988 08:50:01.92 CST > I have a Vax 11/730 + 2 Mb + 3 RK07 Disk Drives + VMS V4.4, >The whole lot cost me $2500, And I am a university student ! > The problem with the 730 is the maintenance costs. A microvax II has 3 times the cpu power and is much more reliable (therefore, maintenance cost less). Billy Barron BITNET: BILLY@UNTVAX