Need help picking a system

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From: Thomas Ruschak
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 19:12

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	I have a friend who needs help in choosing what kind of PC to buy.
I know a little about PC's, but I wanted to get some second opinions from
the net. His list:

		386DX 33 or higher
		4Mb memory or higher
		SVGA, non-interlaced, 1Mb on card
		16550 UART's (for high-speed modem stuff)
		32 bit DMA chip (to use more than 16 Mb memory)
		64K or better cache memory (hopefully 256K)
		At least 100Mb disk (IDE, I guess)
	
	Any advice on such a system would be helpful. He wants to spend in the
1.25K to 1.5K range, which is a reachable price by mail-order, I think. Can
anyone give any suggestions?

	Also, has anyone heard about a company called Vektron, in TX? They're
his leading choice right now...

Tom

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