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Re: VAX QUESTIONS FROM BEGINNER!

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From: havemann_l
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
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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 
 Havemann_l@spcvxa.spc.edu      -      Havemann_l@spcvxa.bitnet
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  including myself."                     
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Subject: Re: VAX QUESTIONS FROM BEGINNER!
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