Re: VAX QUESTIONS FROM BEGINNER!

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From: Ken Brucker
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:38

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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....
>> 
> 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.
>  

And don't forget the maintainance charges if you plan on having software and/or
hardware support for the system.  We retired a number of 780 boxes using the
maintainance costs as a large part of the justification.

Ken
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From: kjb@calmasd.prime.com (Ken Brucker)
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Subject: Re: VAX QUESTIONS FROM BEGINNER!
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