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␈↓ α∧␈↓α␈↓ ∧iLOTS HARDWARE CAPITAL BUDGET

␈↓ α∧␈↓(recommended by LOTS Hardware Committee on 1 June 1976 - updated to August 12, 1976)

␈↓ α∧␈↓Basic DECSYSTEM 2040 with RP06 substituted for RP04 (note 4) ␈↓ ⊗$260,000 

␈↓ α∧␈↓192 K core memory additional (makes 256K) ␈↓ 374,500 

␈↓ α∧␈↓40 additional communications ports (making 32) ␈↓ 313,200 

␈↓ α∧␈↓Fortran (notes 2 and 3) ␈↓ B7,500 

␈↓ α∧␈↓Sources for operating system - special arangement ␈↓ 310,000 

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTTotal for equipment and software (note 1): ␈↓ ⊗$365,200 

␈↓ α∧␈↓With 6.0% sales tax and .5% shipping insurance, this comes to $388,938.00.

␈↓ α∧␈↓Notes:

␈↓ α∧␈↓1.␈α
Terminals␈α
(and␈α
anything␈α
else␈α
not␈α
included␈α
in␈αthis␈α
list)␈α
are␈α
not␈α
included␈α
in␈α
this␈α
list␈α
(note␈α5).␈α
 The
␈↓ α∧␈↓current␈α∞plan␈α∞is␈α∞to␈α∞buy␈α∞50␈α∞ADM3␈α∞terminals␈α∞in␈α∞kit␈α∞form␈α∞from␈α∞Lear-Siegler␈α∞Inc.␈α∞ They␈α∂cost␈α∞$795
␈↓ α∧␈↓apiece␈αin␈αa␈αtotal␈αStanford␈αpurchase␈αof␈α100.␈α They␈αwill␈αbe␈αamortized␈αto␈αone-third␈αof␈αtheir␈αvalue␈αin
␈↓ α∧␈↓20␈αmonths.␈α The␈αterminals␈αdisplay␈α24␈αlines␈αof␈α80␈αcharacters␈αwith␈αupper␈αand␈αlower␈αcase,␈αbut␈αdon't
␈↓ α∧␈↓have cursor control, i.e. they are glass teletypes.

␈↓ α∧␈↓2.␈αThe␈αversion␈αof␈αBASIC␈αthat␈α
is␈αrun␈αat␈αthe␈αAI␈αlab␈αwill␈α
be␈αtransplanted␈αto␈αthe␈α2040.␈α APL␈αwill␈α
be
␈↓ α∧␈↓provided later by eventual purchase from DEC at $7,500.

␈↓ α∧␈↓3.␈α⊃We␈α⊃presume␈α⊃that␈α⊃SAIL␈α⊂or␈α⊃MAINSAIL␈α⊃will␈α⊃be␈α⊃transplanted␈α⊂from␈α⊃AI␈α⊃lab␈α⊃or␈α⊃SUMEX␈α⊂by
␈↓ α∧␈↓volunteers.

␈↓ α∧␈↓4.␈αDigital␈αquoted␈α
this␈αprice␈αfor␈αan␈α
order␈αbefore␈αthe␈αend␈α
of␈αJune.␈α Salesman␈αspeculated␈α
that␈αprice
␈↓ α∧␈↓might␈αrise␈αafter␈αthat.␈α
 Getting␈αan␈αRPO6-based␈αsystem␈αand␈α
256K␈αcore␈αrequired␈αwaiting␈αtill␈α
Nov.19
␈↓ α∧␈↓for␈α∂system␈α⊂delivery,␈α∂but␈α∂this␈α⊂seems␈α∂to␈α∂be␈α⊂the␈α∂only␈α∂way␈α⊂of␈α∂getting␈α∂somewhat␈α⊂cost-effective␈α∂disk
␈↓ α∧␈↓storage.␈α∩ The␈α⊃basic␈α∩system␈α⊃includes␈α∩the␈α⊃central␈α∩processor,␈α⊃64K␈α∩36␈α⊃bit␈α∩words␈α⊃of␈α∩memory,␈α⊃200
␈↓ α∧␈↓megabytes␈αof␈αdisk␈αstorage␈α(in␈αthe␈αRPO6␈αversion),␈αone␈αTU45␈αtape␈αdrive␈αand␈αcontroller␈α(45␈αinches
␈↓ α∧␈↓per␈α
second␈α
and␈α∞1600␈α
bytes␈α
per␈α
inch),␈α∞8␈α
asynchronous␈α
lines,␈α
the␈α∞console␈α
terminal,␈α
and␈α∞the␈α
system
␈↓ α∧␈↓software package.

␈↓ α∧␈↓5. The Marx brothers never actually said this.

␈↓ α∧␈↓Still to be added to this budget are cables for the terminals.

␈↓ α∧␈↓The␈α⊂line␈α⊃printer␈α⊂will␈α⊂be␈α⊃a␈α⊂Printronix␈α⊃costing␈α⊂approximately␈α⊂$5500␈α⊃and␈α⊂printing␈α⊃96␈α⊂character
␈↓ α∧␈↓ASCII at about 200 lines per minute.



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