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- From: iversen@dsfys1.fi.uib.no (Per Steinar Iversen)
- Subject: Re: DEC Support?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.084912.16459@alf.uib.no>
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- Sender: iversen@vsfys1.fi.uib.no (Per Steinar Iversen)
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- Organization: Department of Physics, University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <DGRAY.92Nov16133448@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Nov16.235148.9336@eco.twg.com> <1992Nov18.054500.2450@csrd.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov19.121523.8216@brt.deakin.edu.au> <DGRAY.92Nov18233610@menudo.uh.edu> <MORSE.92Nov19085839@quark.mpr.ca> <DGRAY.92Nov19123758@menudo.uh.edu> <BxzBFC.45x@world.std.com> <1992Nov20.011925.8782@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 08:49:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.011925.8782@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>, alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) writes:
-
- >[ Quite a few follow-ups back Dennis Gray Jr. started a thread on
- > support from Digital Equipment Corporation. Along the way he
- > mentioned a mysterious $10,000 disk drive. ]
- >
- >A year ago, I can imagine that some of our 1 GB disk drives may
- >have cost that much. Six months ago it may have still been possible
- >though unlikely for just a basic drive. Today I looked our price
- >list and all the 1 GB drives we sell and produced the following
- >summary:
- >
- >RF72 +R215F expansion enclosure 10,475.00
- >RZ57 +R23RZ-CS Rack 9,300.00
- >RA72 Removable 7,800.00
- >RZ57 Removable 6,300.00
- >RZ57 in Storage Expansion box 5,000.00
- >
- >RF72 Basic 3,575.00
- >RA72 Basic 3,475.00
- >RZ26 Basic 2,850.00
- >RZ57 Basic 2,250.00
- >
- >Yes, we still have a $10,000 disk drive. But that includes a
- >cabinet for (and power supply, cables, etc). There's a variation
- >of that particular subsystem that includes a controller. For
- >base drives the prices are more reasonable and probably what
- >the people that set prices think enough customers are willing
- >to pay.
- >
- >If Mr. Gray is still with us, I'm curious exactly what 1 GB
- >drive was quoted at $10,000? As can be seen from my list,
- >there is a lot variation available.
- >
- >--
- >Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.cxo.dec.com
-
- I just looked in my latest pricelist from DECdirect (2 weeks old), the basic
- RZ57 is listed as 37440 NKr. On this price we get 13%, but have to add 20%
- sales tax. The price is thus 39087 NKr or about 6000 US$... Somehow this drive
- seems to be more expensive around here!
-
- -psi
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