Subject: Re: Cheap VMS Workstation - Happy Ending Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 17:18:45 GMT From: "Richard D. Piccard" Organization: Ohio University Computer Services Newsgroups: comp.os.vms If your reseller insists that VMS is not available on the $2,995 special promotion, have him call 1-800-277-8988 x 4560 or x 4561. Scott Rankin was kind enough to FAX me their sheet of information. The VMS Package is: SN-B3AAV-SB DPW433au-64/0M-U+4.3G-0Gfx-WW SN-PBB4U-AA UNIVERSAL CTRY KT U.S. SN-PBXGB-AA PowerStorm 3D30 graphics SN-LK97W-A2 104 KEY WIN 95 KEYBRD ENGLISH Any add-ons get your standard TEI discount only (26% off list???). Like any other product, once you have it you can add anything that works. My re-seller believes that with these new workstations, only certain combinations are known to work; for example, we want a dedicated controller for the SCSI chain that will have the tabletop DLT; my re-seller thinks that means using an ultrawide controller and a specific UW-narrow adapter. We'll see what the bottom line turns out to be. For many readers of this list/newsgroup, however, the above should be a good starting point. Beats me why they didn't package the LK46W-A2 VMS-style keyboard that is listed in the Systems and Options Catalog for the 500au. -- ================================================================== Dick Piccard Academic Technology Manager piccard@ohiou.edu Computer Services http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/ Ohio University