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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!nuscc!ntuix!eoahmad From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSD for ACE (R4000) Message-ID: <1992Jul14.130948.5986@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Date: 14 Jul 92 13:09:48 GMT References: <1992Jul13.112518.20345@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore Lines: 18 In article <1992Jul13.112518.20345@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) writes: : : Today I got an offer from Olivetti on their ACE machines (R4000 CPU, 16MB, 200 MB SCSI, Ethernet, 256 colors, CD-ROM drive, Ethernet, 17" Trinitron Monitor, : etc..etc..) as a special offer for Windows NT developers at an introductory : price of roughly $6,500. : A colleague of mine has just bought a 486DX50 with 16M,200IDE,Co-processed Display,14" 1024X768 monitor for $2600. Add $1200 for CDROM with Sound Blaster and software, and 17" MOnitor. In september the price may drop by 20% further. Of course Olivetti is a better supplier then these clones. I would love to have ace with bsd but cannot affort $6500. -- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263. Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet