Summary of Cheapest Sun Inquiry

[David J. Camp]

I have received many responses about the cheapest Sun.  The reason I
specified new Suns is that I knew there would not be one definitive answer
for used Suns, so I asked only for new.  Irregardless of this, I received
some offers from people selling used equipment.  If you want the list (of
four names with addresses), send me a note.

Most people recommended a 3/50 as the cheapest (yet supported) used Sun.

Meanwhile, the bottom line is this:  The slowest new Sun (the 3/80) is not
the cheapest.  The cheapest Sun is the Sun SLC (4/20) at $4995.  It comes
with a 17" monitor, 8MB of RAM, and SCSI port, but no disk.  It is said to
operate at around 12.5 MIPS.

p.s.  What is the cost of the SunOS for used equipment?  Is there a
maintenance fee to receive the upgrades?  -David-

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