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In article <29514@oasys.dt.navy.mil> lewis@oasys.dt.navy.mil (William Lewis)  
writes:
> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, tn0s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Timothy L. Nali) writes:
> >Now that I have the money to buy a "dream machine", I though I'd ask
> >what you think the ultimate 486 system should be.  I'm rather new to
> >buying "good" systems (I currently own a crappy 386-20), so I'd like to
> >hear what motherboards/monitors/HD controllers/etc. are best.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >


My dream machine is the Epson Progression since rumors say that it is the  
fastest machine for running the NeXTSTEP operating system for the 486  
computers.  It uses the Wingine chip from Chips & Technologies that allows the  
CPU to address video memory directly.  Display PostScript seems to work faster  
with video cards that allow direct access to video RAM, so the Wingine is  
faster than VESA local bus.  I will also be able to run DOS/Windows besides  
NeXTSTEP '486.  I wonder if there are any graphics cards that plug into VESA  
local bus and allowthe CPU direct access to video RAM. 

Of course I want a 17" color display, 32MB RAM and a 550MB hard disk.
I haven't checked if the Epson Progression is upgradable to the P24T.

There's an article in Byte Magazine on the Epson Progression.

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Ricardo J. Parada
Pencom Software