In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (aar on t porter) writes: > > So, for $1200, including shipping, we have enough disk space to > give student users a 5MB disk quota, including a spare drive for recovery > purposes, and an over-estimate of 100%. Might have to throw another > hundred dollars or so in for an external enclosure, and another hundred > for cabling which brings us to $1400 or just under $0.88 per user. > my .02 -- flames welcome. Well you left out the cost of the drive controller card which may or may not be needed, for an Alpha that'll be a little pricey. And, most importantly, you forgot the policy/plan that says, thou shall buy only drives that Digital supports and repairs. Inexpensive PC drives do not fall into this catagory and therefore shoots a big hole in the plan. -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Bill Sylvester, Miami University [log in to unmask] Never attribute to malice that which [log in to unmask] can be adequately explained by stupidity.