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Re: good price for '386?

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From: Tony "Salty Dog" Goulding
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 00:23
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In article <1992Aug3.205508.4212@javelin.sim.es.com> tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
>i want to buy a '386 and would like to know how my quote stacks up--do
>signicantly better deals exist?
>
>my quote:
>'386 40mhz svga
>medium tower
>4 meg ram
>teac both size hi-dens. floppies
>101 keyboard
>80 meg seagate
>ctx monitor .28 pitch interlaced (1024x768)
>dos 5.0
>mouse    
>windows
>
>$1548
>
>1 year parts/labor
>
>----
>please e-mail me.  thanks.
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I just bought new, the same as above, except with a 120 Maxtor hard
drive and an average mouse for about $1250.  I bought it at a local show
that apparently, happens pretty regularly around LA.

That environment was great because I just wandered around all the stalls
who were selling PCs (about 8 in total), picked up their flyers, weighed
the differences and played them off against each other.

Good luck
Tony.

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From: tonyg@spock.retix.com (Tony "Salty Dog" Goulding)
Subject: Re: good price for '386?
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