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Article #35Re: Hardware purchase advice request
From: Marc Evans
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1988 14:17
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1988 14:17
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In article <573@vax1.UUCP> en2j@vax1.UUCP (Thomas Purcell) writes:
>This is a request for advice: I'm trying to put together a very
>respectable personal system for the next couple of years (till the
>Super-engineering workstations come down to $5k.). Its uses would
>include some commercial applications (that is, business type stuff)
>and software development. Preferred characteristics are:
...etc...
I have recently purchased a system from Quantus of Hudson, NH their
MT386 system with the following specs:
- 80386 at 4.77/6/8/10/16/20 MHz
- 80387 socket
- 2Mb Interleaved Dynamic RAM (designed for 0 wait state @ 20
MHz!!!)
- Memory expandable to 8Mb on 1 board, or 16Mb on 2 boards
- Full-height 80MB hard drive (Seagate 28ms)
- 1.2Mb floppy half height drive
- floppy/hard drive controller
- Phoenix BIOS
- Hercules compatable text/graphics card
- Mono Monitor
- Speaker
- 8 expansion slots (2, 32-bit slots for memory boards)
- room for up to a total of 5 half height drives
- 101 key enhanced keyboard
- 200 watt power supply
- 3 year limited warrenty
How much would you pay for this? Well, they list it for $2995!!! I can
not find anybody else offering as good, besides the fact that they are
located 2 towns away from where I live. Use AMEX to purchase, and
you'll have a 4 year limited warrenty.
As far as software - get yourself a copy of Interactive Systems 386/IX
UNIX. This includes the VP/IX stuff from Phoenix which allows DOS
programs to run under the UNIX system. For speed reasons, you may also
want the *REAL* MS/DOS or OS2.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ima.isc.COM!marc From: marc@ima.isc.COM (Marc Evans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.workstations Subject: Re: Hardware purchase advice request Message-ID: <8802081417.AA13651@ima.ISC.COM> Date: 8 Feb 88 14:17:24 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 37 Approved: works@rutgers.edu