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- From: Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth)
- Subject: Re: Want to buy a linux PC...
- Message-ID: <BuAoHr.2q0@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Sender: randall@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth)
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- Organization: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- References: <bibhas.715456267@femto.engr.mun.ca> <715624803snx@kerberos.demon.co.uk> <1992Sep8.205832.23403@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 04:58:24 GMT
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- hlu@poly2.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
-
- >I am running 0.97 pl 4 and X11 v2.0 on 386/387sx-16 with 4 MB RAM and 105 MB
- >HD. It works fine so far. I think I can use another 4MB RAM. You can get those
- >for about $1,000 in US with 1MB ET4000 SVGA. But I'd like to have a 486dx-33
- >or 50.
-
- Looking at my handy copy of the "Computer Shopper," (Sept '92)
- Hi-Tech (a random choice) is selling a 386/40 with 64K MB cache, 4M ram,
- 120M 16MS IDE HD, 1.2 & 1.44 floppies, with monitor and your choice of Diamond
- speedstar or Orchid IIs for $1198.
-
- The company I bought my 486/50 from (similar config, except 170M IDE +
- localbus G-HOST4000 Hi-color video) is offering it for $2188. (Microlink,
- pg 154-5).
-
-
- At this stage in the game, for about $800, you get about 8 time the
- performance... and the ability to later pop in an 'overdrive chip' and
- have a 486dx2/100...
-
- Of course, prices are still falling rapidly... so you might want to wait a
- few months...
- --
- The Upholder of Truth I am not only ready to
- Upholder@uiuc.edu (BSD/ASCII mail) retract this, but also
- jar42733@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXT mail) deny I said anything. =)
- wi.4173@wizvax.methuen.ma.us (anon. mail) This is *NOT* CCSO's opinion.
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