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- From: havemann_l@spcvxb.spc.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: VAX QUESTIONS FROM BEGINNER!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.104658.3634@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 14:46:58 GMT
- References: <1992Aug15.031519.27932@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Aug15.091605.199@rlgsc.com>
- Organization: Lee Havemann, HSH Associates
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- In article <1992Aug15.091605.199@rlgsc.com>, gezelter@rlgsc.com writes:
- > In article <1992Aug15.031519.27932@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, aj681@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Carlin Wiegner) writes:
- >>
- >> I'm thinking of buying a used VAX -11/780 but I have a couple of
- >> questions....
- >>
- >> --
- >> Carlin Wiegner a.k.a. C-Man based here in Cleveland, Ohio, USA!
- >> aj681@cleveland.freenet.edu or rhino@r2d2.eeap.cwru.edu
- >> "Anything less [than a NeXT] would be uncivilized..."
- > --
- > Carlin,
- >
- > At the risk of depressing the market value of used 780s, I note
- > that unless you are getting power, air conditioning, and office
- > space for free, the 780 is extremely expensive relative to the
- > latest (or for that matter last 6!) generations of small vax
- > hardware. So, you may want to check into the cost of the small
- > VAXstation 4000/VLC.
- >
- > - bob
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- You mean that there's a market value on a /780?? I thought people were
- giving them away as nautical stabilizers.. :-)
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- Lee Havemann, Sys_op HSH Associates (201) 838-3330
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