DEC 3000 AXP delivery times

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From: Fred Velijanian
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:42

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Has any end-user ordered and/or received an DEC 3000 AXP OSF/1 system so far?

Delivery times for the "Early Ship Program" system is 75 days now. 
I've heard from other end-users who have received VMS AXP systems in 
a matter of days. I know OSF/1 AXP is not released officially until
March, but I thought the point of having the ESP program was to get 
a system with beta software quickly!

DEC also provides attractive upgrade prices ($99 per specmark minus
"your applicable discount if any") for DECstation 5000 to 3000 AXPs. 
This is called the "Alpha ready" upgrade, and is valid for both new
VAX/MIPS purchases, as well as some existing systems. However
lead time for these are 180 days! Has anyone ordered/received one of
these yet? Do the upgrades come with the internal 400MB disk? How
much memory should we return with the 5000? 

Thanks

Fred Velijanian
University of California, Irvine
fredv@uci.edu

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