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Subject: Re: Case for FreeBSD presentation docs?
To: agl@mac.glas.apc.org (Anthony Graphics)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 06:47:46 -0500 (CDT)
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> > |> work on the price of the WS vs the Price of a good PC
>                               ^^
> AXP PCI 33 board costs approx 1100 USD with 166 mhz Alpha in the States

And OSF/1 costs over $1500 (or rather, the price difference for OSF/1 is
over $1500).

Since you're pretty much stuck with NT for your AXP PCI 33 if you want to
benefit from the price, I class it as a PC rather than a WS. Hopefully
NetBSD will change that.