upgrade a 3/260

[J. Philip Miller]

We have a Sun 3/260 which is used for e-mail, news, and SAS & S processing
by users who either telnet from PC's or connecttions via modems or our
university digital async switching system via an ALM-2.  During prime time
there are frequently 8-12 users signed on at a time.

Originally I had planned to upgrade the CPU from the 68k to SPARC about
now, but I am having second thoughts.  Since the cost of the upgrade is
approximately the same as purchasing a SparcStation, I wonder whether that
might make more sense.  I realize that some of my software costs may be
greater, but having multiple machines might really make up for it in
performance.

I would be interested in anyone else's  experience  and/or  opinions
about upgrading the 3/260.

     J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
	 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
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