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- From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: Alpha Prices -- Any Idea out there??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.175108.28116@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 17:51:08 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.141220.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>,<1992Nov10.171427.8022@PA.dec.com>
- Reply-To: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu
- Organization: Computer Aided Design Lab, U. of Maryland College Park
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- In article <1992Nov10.171427.8022@PA.dec.com>, rjones@wsl.dec.com (Russ Jones) writes:
- >Today we are announcing 7 systems, 2 workstations and 5 servers.
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- :-)
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- >The entry-level workstation is called the DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP Workstation
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- OK, Why "DEC 3000" ? And what does "XP" stand for? X-rated Performance?
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- Hm. Ya got DECstation 3100, a DECstation 5000. Now you have a "DEC 3000 model
- " <mumble> "AXP."
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- > and it has an entry level (list) price of $14,995
- >in the U.S. That configuration includes 32MB of memory,
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- Not shabby.
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- > a 426MB disk,
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- Aww, not 600MB? :)
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- >a HX Graphics adapter and a 17" Grayscale monitor.
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- Can you or someone else give us the Real Deal on:
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- o Expansion slots
- o SCSI and other ports off the back
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- Play in the intelluctual sandbox of Usenet
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