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Article #1350Re: VAX QUESTIONS FROM BEGINNER!
From: havemann_l
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:46
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:46
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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 > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Robert "Bob" Gezelter E-Mail: gezelter@rlgsc.com | > | Robert Gezelter Software Consultant Voice: +1 718 463 1079 | > | 35-20 167th Street, Suite 215 Fax: (on Request) | > | Flushing, New York 11358-1731 | > | United States of America | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ You mean that there's a market value on a /780?? I thought people were giving them away as nautical stabilizers.. :-) -- Lee Havemann, Sys_op HSH Associates (201) 838-3330 Havemann_l@spcvxa.spc.edu - Havemann_l@spcvxa.bitnet "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone else, including myself."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!spcvxb.spc.edu!havemann_l 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 Lines: 42