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In article <lakg3gINNic6@aludra.usc.edu> jjung@usc.edu (John Jung) writes:
$(I am not an IBM nut, so if I say something vague that is important, please
$tell me, so I can clarify it.)
$
$  A friend of mine has (from what I can tell) an old IBM compatible. He already
$has a 20 meg hard drive, a mouse, a (semi-broken) printer, and a modem (he
$has a Prodigy account). However, my friend would love to be able to do WYSIWYG
$word processing and maybe a little programming.
$
$  So my question is:
$
$	What computer set up do you recommend for me friend?
$
$  Please try to be as economical as possible, since I don't know how much he
$wants to spend.

Well if he wants to do any serious type computing he's gonna need at
least a 386 or better.  He could slied with a 286 but that's gonna be
slow as all hell.

$  Mail or post your suggestions. (I'd prefer posting, so I can see what other
$people think of your suggestion.)

$  Thanks in advance for your help.
$
$						John
$
$(I was personally thinking of recommending a PS/1 with Windows 3.x and an Epson
$compatible printer.)			      ^^^^

Yiiiikes! No!  This may not be the group to say this but DON'T BUY a
PS/1!!!  Get a clone.  If you wanna stick to the IBM nbame then at
least get a PS/2.



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