> So, maybe three boxes at, say, $750 total, maybe another $150 for a
> monitor, keyboard and mouse.  We need some crappy 8-port switch for
> $50.  Let's continue the dirt cheap theme and go a couple of 80 GB
> drives striped for the bulk of the filesystem and a 200 GB drive for
> the venti arenas for $200 in drives.  So, we're looking at a
> relatively slow but relatively proper Plan 9 network for about $1,250
> plus the eval kits (which Erik and Brantley will smuggle out for us),
> plus another $300 per node, without recycling any used gear.  Assuming
> you could survive on an 800 MHz terminal.

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