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In article <1993Jan8.214506.2617@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>Compaq and IBM will steer you well, but their hardware is relatively
>>exhorbitant to begin with anyways.  I need to write ray tracers, so I'm
>>not interested in their "value point" systems.
>>Oyes, the system: 486DX2/66, 16MB, Nec 4FG, 340 MB HD, Tseng card.  Anyone
>>know of anyone who packages things better for under $4000?
>Here's what I have from IBM on this.  These are educational prices:
>IBM PS/2 Model 77 486DX2 (66/33), Microchannel (four slots available),
>8 MB RAM, 212 MB hard drive, SCSI-2 busmastering adapter, XGA-2
>busmastering coprocessed adapter, OS/2 2.00.1 preloaded, 2.88 MB 3.5
>inch floppy drive, with IBM 9517 seventeen inch Trinitron (.26dp)
>monitor (supporting 75 Hz VGA modes, 88 Hz text modes, and 72 Hz
>1024x768 noninterlaced, I believe).........................$4052.
>Pretty competitive, according to what you've told.
>If a 486SLC2 (25/50) processor is enough (performs almost exactly the
>same as a 486SX-33), you can get a Model 56 with the exact same specs,
>exact same monitor, except 3 open slots (and a maximum of 16 MB RAM),
>for $3092.

I should also mention that you can omit the 9517 monitor from either
of those two systems and subtract $1102.  You are then free to
substitute any monitor you care to -- the NEC you mention is fine.

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