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To: "Sexton, Robert" <sextonr.crestvie@squared.com>
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Subject: Re: Alpha Based Machines (Was: Re: IBM 57SLC) 
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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 12:43:46 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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I've just gotten a price quote on a complete ALPHA system with 500Mhz
CPU and 128MB of memory (plus the usual PCI bits - 2940 controller,
4GB hard drive, 4MB Matrox Millenium, keybd, mouse, case, etc) for
under $5K.  I think you're being overcharged. :-)

Vendor is Aspen Systems - aspen@aspsys.com

					Jordan


> On a subject change....
> Are there any _affordable_ alpha motherboards out there yet?
> I see microway is selling $5000 dollar, 32MB systems.  <Ouch!>
> Economies of scale look a long way off.
> 
> - Robert Sexton
>