home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!ulowell!m2c!bu.edu!acs.bu.edu!mek
- From: mek@acs.bu.edu (Mark Kern)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Subject: Re: NS 486: Begin the Quest
- Message-ID: <108572@bu.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 00:34:38 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.210733.107936@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Sender: news@bu.edu
- Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Lines: 35
-
- In article <1993Jan27.210733.107936@zeus.calpoly.edu> mrothste@data.acs.calpoly.edu writes:
- >As the release of NS 486 has begun approach (hopefully NeXTEXPO '93) I
- >have started to look through the rags to see what my developers system
- >will cost. I like to sugest that we start a thread and as we see good
- >prices on NS compatable hard ware we post them and keep a running list
- >of the best prices.
- >
- >My idea of an entry Developers System is as follows:
- > 33Mhz. 486DX
- > 16 MB RAM
- > 500 MB HD
- > accelerated localbus video (I dont know how much VRAM is needed
- > to achieve 16 bit color)
- > 17" color display
- >
-
- Well, how about the current Gateway Systems :
-
- 486DX2-66
- 256k cache
- 16 megs ram (additional $320 or so)
- 2 340meg IDE local bus drives (additional $400)
- ATI Ultra Pro (16 bit local bus color with 1meg VRAM)
- 17" Nanao (Invar shadow mask, dynamic beam focusing, $700)
- both floppies
- mouse, windows, etc.
- ------------------------
- $4415 (beats the heck out of an 8/250 mono turbo for $4118)
- $ 95 shipping (natch)
-
- This is a system I'm thinking about getting now, and I sure hope
- it will be able to run NeXTstep in the coming year. Oh yeah, add $500 for
- NextStep 486.
-
- -=Simms=-
-