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Hello, all. I was wondering if I could get a few opinions from anyone with
any information. I am going to buy myself a computer in september, and I am
going to get a unix operating system for it. However, I need some help in
deciding on brands. I'll tell you what I've decided so far:

        I am buying a 486 PC of some sort, so I can still run some
                MS-DOS programs I like (games such as Ultima)

        I want at least 6gigabytes of disk space

        I want to be able to run openwindows

I have quite a bit of experience in using unix on a Sun SPARCstation IPC, so
I know a lot about what unix does, but not so much about how it does it
(however, I do know some of how it works).

Anyway, what I would like is some opinions on:

1) What type of PC would be good?
2) What brand of unix is good?
3) How should I partition my drive(s)?
4) How many drives should I spread my 6gig across for good response?
5) How much memory should I have?
6) What types of monitors are good?
7) What kind of drives are good?
8) What kind of ROM BIOS for my MS-DOS partition is good?
9) What kind of power supply protection should I have?
10) Anything relevant to purchasing and setting up a unix system which I
        have neglected to ask above, which is probably quite a bit.

Keep in mind that I want at least one DOS partition on my drives, and that I
will still be running DOS applications every once in a while.

Please give me an explanation of your answers, not just a "You should buy this,
that and the other." I would prefer "You should buy this, that and the other,
BECAUSE..." Also, please tell me what kind of hardware, software and warranty
support your choices have (including upgrading support).

Please e-mail me with responses, since I do not intend to read this newsgroup
often (there are far too many articles, most of which I have no interest in
or no idea about). I can post a summary of results, if the majority of people
would like me to.

Any help is appreciated.

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Thank you for your attention.
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Scott Barker
barker@enel.ucalgary.ca

"Asking if a computer can think is like asking if a submarine can swim"
   - Edsgar Djikstra