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From: Thomas Sparrevohn <staff@kyklopen.ping.dk>
To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
Cc: "Sexton, Robert" <sextonr.crestvie@squared.com>,
        Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Alpha Based Machines (Was: Re: IBM 57SLC)
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Chuck Robey wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Sexton, Robert wrote:
> 
> > On a subject change....
> > Are there any _affordable_ alpha motherboards out there yet?
> > I see microway is selling $5000 dollar, 32MB systems.  <Ouch!>
> > Economies of scale look a long way off.
> 
> There's supposed to be a big educational discount available, if you're at
> a university.

They do? To departments or to individuals?

Regards Thomas