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- From: mfr@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE. (Michael Froehlich)
- Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.115246.1116@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
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- Organization: University of Bremen, Germany
- References: <1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:52:46 GMT
- Lines: 59
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- Sorry, if you read my informations for the 2^5th time, but there are still no
- replies in >MY< newsreader at this time.
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- In article 1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu, ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
- >harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart) writes:
- >
- >>Just caught the official announcement this morning. $3995 for
- >>a 15 inch color, 200MB SPARC (Tsunami). Did I just hear
- >>a collective heart attack at Intel and Microsoft?
- >
- >I'm a bit puzzled (only read wall street jnl so far).
- >
- >The price is $4k "in qtys of 12+". Does that mean the list price
- >is $4.5k or so? What would the academic price be? ($4k with 40% off
- >would be quite attractive at $2400).
-
- There is no "academic price" :-(. We have to pay the same price as everyone.
-
- >
- >I don't like the 15" color screen ...
-
- The 100 "dots per inch" is the same as a 17" ELC because of the new
- SVGA-resolution: 1024x768 instead of 1152x900 pixel
-
- >...-- would have far preferred a bigger
- >mono screen. I do nothing with colour :-(
- >Is there a 17+" mono option to replace the 15"?
-
- There is 19" grayscale (1152x900), 16" midrange color (1024x768/1152x900),
- 16" color (1152x900/1280x1024) and 19" color (1152x900/1280x1024) also.
-
- >(Is the ELC still
- >what it used to be?)
-
- Yes, with a new price published on Friday.
-
- >
- >Is Solaris 2 now standard with all these systems?
- >
-
- Yes, Solaris 2.1 is neccessary (also announced yesterday)
-
- > -ans.
- >--
- >Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu
-
- Michael
-
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