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From: jesup@pawl15.pawl.rpi.edu (Randell E. Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AMIX?
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Date: 7 May 88 05:05:34 GMT
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In article <1250@sbcs.sunysb.edu> root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (SBCS Systems Staff) writes:
 >		disk					not applicable
 >		1152x900 BW non interlaced monitor
 >		15 mHz 68020
 >		4 mBytes 32 bit ram, parity checked

		parity = 1/8 greater chance of failure :-)

 >		Ethernet/cheapernet controller
 >		DMA SCSI controller
 >		fast MMU
 >		2 serial ports
 >		*real* Unix (think I'll trademark that)
 >							---
 >							$5.2K

 >	Commodore, will field something that looks like this:
 >
 >		disk					not applicable
 >		1008x800 BW non interlaced monitor	~$750

		grey-scale (7 levels), not BW.

 >		14.318 mHz 68020			$1500
 >		1 mByte 32 bit ram

		4 sorry, the A2500UX mentioned in Hannover was 4 Meg.

 >		DMA ST506/SCSI controller		$350
 >		68851 MMU (1 wait state)
 >		B2000/1 serial port, 1 parallel port	~$1500

		Extra serial ports will soon be available, as is ram
		expansion, video boards, etc, etc.  The 2000 is an 
		expandable system, unlike the 3/50.  Can a 3/50 have more
		than the standard 4 Meg memory?

 >		SysV Unix (yuck)			$800

		The European Unix market wants Sys V, not BSD.  Also, where
		did the $800 come from (not that I have any knowlege one
		way or the other.)

		Also, you get free color video (Sun color workstations are 
		NOT cheap.)
 >							------
 >							$4900

 >						Rick Spanbauer
 >						SUNY/Stony Brook

	Don't get me wrong, I like Suns (I've had them on my desk, and
soon will again.)  Even a Sun 100U (Sun-1) isn't bad to have, though I HATE
that silly vt100 keyboard.  Of course, having 6 or 7 meg memory doesn't
hurt.  :-)

	I think the more appropriate comparison would be to the lowest-
level Sun-3 with a backplane for expansion, not the (normally) diskless,
unexpandable workstation (plus I thought they were replacing the 3/50 with
the 3/60).

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