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On Wed, 10 May 1995 Dougatlake@aol.com wrote:

> Rex,

> I'm...I'm flabbergasted! I had no idea connecting a server to the net would
> be so inexpensive. What would be the hardware cost? And could a clueless
> novice like myself run this stuff?

The hardware could be very cheap.  Used 386DX/66s are going for about 
$300, and you'd need to add a big hard drive 800 meg is about $250.

If you want the "Deluxe", get a P/90, 3 SCSI controllers, and 9 1 gig drives.
Total price: under $5000

This gives you the equivalent of a 3090/200J (sold for $6 million each in 
1991).

> I'm in Big Bear Lake, CA, in the San Bernardino mountains, two hours from
> Ontario airport, two hours from Palm Springs, two hours from Riverside, two.5
> from Orange County/John Wayne airport.

I'm in N.Y.C.  Check the comp.os.linux newsgroup.

> And I certainly appreciate your straight-talk!

> Doug.
> 

	Rex Ballard
	Standard & Poor's/McGraw-Hill
	Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect
	the Management of the McGraw-Hill Companies.




From rballard@cnj.digex.net Thu May 11 22:02:26 1995