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- From: palane@IASTATE.EDU (Paul A. Lane)
- Subject: Re: Hyundai and FastMicro's cheap new 486/VLB's, comments?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.030829@IASTATE.EDU>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: palane@IASTATE.EDU (Paul A. Lane)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <BILL.92Dec1223447@kepler.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 09:08:29 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <BILL.92Dec1223447@kepler.ucsd.edu>, bill@kepler.ucsd.edu (Bill
- Reynolds) writes:
-
- > In this month's (Dec 92) Computer Shopper, both Fast Micro and Hyundai
- > have what seem to be some very nice deals on VL-bus boxes (p. 113, 276
- > resp.):
- >
- > Fast Micro:
- > 8M RAM, 212M disk, 128k cache, ISA/VL-Bus, 24bit color (S3 accelerated),
- > VESA 14" monitor + 2 sexy apps
- > 486/33 $1999, 486/66 $2399.
-
- > What about Fast Micro - it seems like a nice package, what
- > are people's experiences? Anybody tried running unix on these
- > boxes?
-
- I'll get back to you folks with a follow up (and maybe two). I recently
- helped a friend purchase a PC from Fast Micro (which is hopefully in the
- mail). As he is uninterested in Windows or bundles and doesn't want to
- lay out the cash for a full-blown 486, here's the system he ordered:
-
- Value Line - 486SX @ 25MHz
- 4 MB Memory
- 170 MB Drive
- .28 NI video with 1MB SVGA card
- Mini-tower case
-
- Cost: $1229 + $50 shipping.
-
- (This is the system advertised at $999 with a larger HD and better video.
- I pushed him really hard to get better video, for $130 extra it's worth it.)
-
- In any event, I'll get back with a followup once we see how it turns out.
- The sales people seems reasonable well informed, but there was a bit of
- confusion (mainly regarding expansion capabilities).
-
- If it goes well, my Mac SE might get a companion (in my case, the VESA).
-
- Paul Lane
-