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Xref: sserve comp.unix.wizards:26452 comp.unix.bsd:3412 Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!yale.edu!cmcl2!panix!tls From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) Subject: Re: Have $8000, what to buy? Message-ID: <1992Aug11.004404.21923@panix.com> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 00:44:04 GMT Distribution: comp References: <RG.92Aug10111713@nymph.msel.unh.edu> Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC Lines: 25 In article <RG.92Aug10111713@nymph.msel.unh.edu> rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez) writes: > >I want a Unix machine. Now. > >I want BSD features. I want full networking. I want X11R5. I want color. I >want at least 1.2Gb of disk, and 16Mb of memory. I have $8000, and won't be >able to add much more for at least a year. > >I may qualify for Sun's developer discount. I'm willing to go 3rd party for peripherals. > >What should I buy? Sparc IPC? Iris Indigo? A HP? A PC (shudder) with BSDI? >A NeXT? A Mac with A/UX? I only know that I can pick up an IPC for about >$5000 after discount, and then use $3000 for buying peripherals. Who else has >deals like that? Maybe a Personal DECstation, a.k.a "maxine". Nice open bus, decent graphics, R3000 upgradeable to R4000, and fairly cheap. I think it has ISDN on the motherboard, too, but I'm not sure. It's got sound, too. I'm not too fond of DEC these days but the machine itself isn't too shabby. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@panix.COM "Oh, you have wounded me! I have very few prejudices, actually. The biggest problem is that I am intolerant of fools. That is why I have such a low tolerance level for Libertarians." -- Jim McMaster