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From: rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 486/25 Power Platform for PS/2 70-A21
Keywords: Intel 80486, PS/2 70, AIX, cost
Message-ID: <8032@mtune.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 89 15:33:59 GMT
References: <19000@gatech.edu> <991@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: rkh@mtune.UUCP (Robert Halloran)
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In article <991@hydra.gatech.EDU> mm42@prism.gatech.EDU (Mark A. Mitchell  GTRI/STL/MSD) writes:
>In article <19000@gatech.edu> ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III) writes:
>>I have a little bit of marketing info on this product, and I have a
>>few questions:
>>
>>What will it cost and when will it ship?
>>
>According to PC Week, $3995 and by the end of the year.
>>If it delivers what they claim, might actually be a reason to buy a
>>PS/2-70 (heaven forbid...;').

As I understand it, this is a 486 replacement board for an existing PS/2-70.
Between buying the initial PS/2 and this board, you're up to around $10-11K,
right?  As it is safe to assume that Intel isn't restricting chip supply
to IBM, what does this buy you over waiting for some probably-very-small
period until Compaq/Zenith/ATT/.........  get their machines out, unless
you already own the PS/2?  A perplexed mind wants to know....

						Bob Halloran
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