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- From: hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
- Subject: Re: The X Window System
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.134128.11813@sarah.albany.edu>
- Organization: State University of New York at Albany
- References: <1011@yoda.omnicron.com> <1992Dec27.192242.11602@sarah.albany.edu> <1hl3h9INNbb4@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 13:41:28 GMT
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- In article <1hl3h9INNbb4@gap.caltech.edu> andrey@cco.caltech.edu (Andre T. Yew) writes:
- >hibrown@sarah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) writes:
- >
- >>CBM's AS225, TCP/IP software, is educationally priced at $145.00.
- >
- >>How much is GFxBase's X Server?
- >
- > List is $399, plus you probably want an Ethernet board or
- >a fast modem, so add another $250. GfxBase does offer a
- >reasonable discount (somewhere along 10% to 20% depending
- >on how much stuff you buy) for educational people. And a
- >three-button mouse, so add another $50 to $90 (mechanical,
- >get the C= one; optical, people seem to like the GfxBase one
- >which looks like a Sun mouse. Personally, the C= mouse is
- >far more responsive and comfortable than the Sun mouse.).
- >So you're looking at right under $800 for a usable setup.
- >
- > I'm not associated in any way with GfxBase except as a
- >very satisfied user of their really nice X server.
- >
- >--Andre
- >
- >--
- > Andre Yew andrey@cco.caltech.edu (131.215.139.2)
-
- EGADS! You must be joking! $800.00???? Forget it. The $145.00 from
- CBM gives me ftp, rlogin, etc, etc, etc. I don't need GOLD service!
-
- Herb
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