Re: [foxboro] "G" boxes as WP's ?

On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 12:52:33PM -0400, Bruley, Peter wrote:
> 
> 
> The current G box being shipped is a Sun Blade 1500.
> 
> John is correct it is twice the machine the F box (Sun Blade 150) is however
> it is really quite affordable and from my personal point of view I can
> justify a G box quite easily (over a F box)
> 
> SB1500 comes stock from Foxboro with "dual video", "second NIC" and
> "external SCSI" It also has two(2) serial ports. The 1st serial port is used
> in v7.x for the RCNI/DNBT. The 2nd serial port for the GCIO connection for
> Ann.KB's.
> 
> Why do I mention two(2) serial ports as a big deal?
> 
> Well considering a "WP51F" (SB150) only has one(1) serial port and three(3)
> spare PCI slots. 
> 
> If you want a WP51F with "dual head", "second NIC", "external SCSI" (for
> connection to tape drive) & "GCIO/Annunciator keyboard" you will bring the
> cost of the WP51F to about the same price as a WP51G and end up with half
> the horse power.
> 
> For BuyAutomation.com:
> 
> 51F (SB150) $5,968.51
> p/n: P79013251300
> - 500mhz CPU
> - 512mb RAM
> - 80gig hard drive (IDA)
> - NIC/SCSI combo card (PCI Slot 1)
> - 2nd video card (PCI Slot 2)
> - Serial Controller card (PCI Slot 3) for GCIO/Ann.KB connection
> - DVD drive (ATAPI)
> 
> 51G (SB1500) $6,675.69
> p/n: P81011110010
> - 1Ghz CPU
> - 512mb RAM
> - 80gig hard drive (IDE)
> - NIC/SCSI combo card (PCI Slot 1)
> - Dual video included
> - 2 serial ports included
> - DVD drive (ATAPI)
> 
> 
> So the difference is about $700 before any advantage upgrade discounts. 
> (The difference only gets smaller as soon as you add discounts) 
> 
> Peter

OK, I'm sold. Now if I can just cofigure the G's as WP's,... Oh wait that'w
where this atrted, weve gone full circle here :-)
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