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From: mi@rtfm.ziplink.net (Mikhail Teterin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: To buy or not to buy....
Date: 14 May 1997 05:12:33 GMT
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Honorable David Henshaw
wrote on 14 May (in article <33792404.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>):
=DECstation 5000/25
= - 40M RAM
= - 424M SCSI Disk (Internal)
= - Built-in Audio
= - Keyboard and 3-button mouse
= - 24 bit Video (1280x1024x16M)
Make sure, this video is supported by Xfree86 if you wish
to install free OS...
= - 19" colour monitor
Excellent!!
= - Ethernet (AUI) + BNC Transceiver
= - Ultrix 4.4 loaded (Installed)
= - capable of running NetBSD/pmax, Linux/Mips (ie. Free Unix)
Not sure it is worth replacing... AFAIK Ultrix is a decent
OS. Of course, free OS will be better, but it may be not worth
the trouble of reinstalling.
= - AUS$1200 firm
=To me this would appear to be a bargain (assuming it is all working).
=My questions are -
=1). Can I hook up the modem to this machine. i.e. are the serial ports
=of a DECstation 5000/25 and a PC compatible ?
Should be... At least one.
=2). Would I be better of obtaining a second hand PC at the same cost ?
It has a pretty good video. You will not find a PC with
19" monitor for this money. Not to mention the rest of the
niceties. And Digital is a "good name" -- chances are high
the hardware will last for long-long time...
-mi
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