Re: Urgent advise needed aboubt choice of model 400 or 500,need a bit of sensible advise!!!

Could always timeshare.
Carl Galgano
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-----Original Message-----
From: nina jones <ddi@datadesigninc.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Urgent advise needed aboubt choice of model 400 or 500,need a
bit of sensible advise!!!


>
>> I have a rare  opportunity of purchasing from the company I work for a
>> Model 500-2141 128M ram, (no hardrives or ethernet card) CPW 30.7
>>
>> the other choice is a Model 400- 2131  (no hardrives or ethernet card)
CPW
>> 20.6.
>>
>> these are for home use --I can get harddrives from my  old model 200cisc
>> system -so thats not a problem.My question is which one should I
>> choose????????????
>> Both will be the same price more or less
>> Should I bust a leg and buy both?
>> Whats a fair price to offer? (US market close is close to ours)please
note
>> these have no OS400 ,but this is a rare opportunity to own a Risc
system.I
>> really want these so I need a bit of sensible advise. I have to act ASAP
on
>> this
>
>hmm.  the os/400 on these machines will be expensive, since they're not
>in the p5 tier.  i believe you'd be looking at somewhere about $20,000
>to get os/400 and compilers, etc to have what you need to use it.
>
>you may be better to look for a small machine for sale, with os/400
>included.  the little 150 and 170 is pretty cheap!
>
>nj
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