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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:4388 comp.unix.questions:25759 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.questions Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!decwrl!sgi!rigden.wpd.sgi.com!rpw3 From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: What Unix HW/SW I will buy with my $8000 Message-ID: <p9ue2hc@sgi.sgi.com> Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:42:45 GMT Lines: 38 bzs@ussr.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: +--------------- | From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez) | >- 1.2Gb disk ($1200) | >- 2.3Gb tape ($1200) | | Um, what are the sources for these two items at these prices? Seem a | little low, I see closer to $2K each (well, $1750-ish.) +--------------- The disk price is low, fer shure (a friend just paid $2079 for a 1.7GB disk), but the tape is exactly right, if you're talking about an Archive "Python" DAT drive. +--------------- | >- 50MHz 486DX2 EISA w/ SCSI, 8Mb, 340Mb, svga ($3695) | | This may well be a very good price (it looks good to me), but my | understanding of a 50MHZ 486DX2 is that it is a clock-doubled 25MHZ | 486, but the I/O bus still runs at 25MHZ. Overall wouldn't one be | better off (for Unix) with a 33MHZ 486DX? Or are they more expensive? +--------------- The 33 MHz systems are cheaper; that's what I got. (The external cache was a little more expensive, since it's faster than the cache on the DX2-50, but I more than made it back on the CPU cost.) And yes, I too was more concerned about performance when *missing* the cache (as with big bcopys). -Rob ----- Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)390-1673 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043