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From: rogers@falcon.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 486/25 Power Platform for PS/2 70-A21
Keywords: Intel 80486, PS/2 70, AIX, cost
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Date: 13 Jul 89 13:37:48 GMT
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In article <1485@lzfme.att.com> jwi@lzfme.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) writes:
<So: 1 80386-25 and 1 80387-25 down the drain = $1000. Replacement
<486 board at least $1500. Why not just wait and get a machine that's
<designed for the 486?
^^^^   Just for the record, IBM charges $1295 for a 387-25 and 
 approx. $2000 for 80386/80387 CPU board for one of these. 
 AND They have to have trade in on it! (so your out a extra $2k for
 your old CPU board when they put a power platform in)

Read the last few INFO WEEK newspapers for useful info. (all have articles
about the power platform)

<More importantly, several other plug-in 486 replacement boards will
<be annouunced shortly -- don't get stuck with the MCA and
<IBM. Almost everybody else (in the same price range) does it better.
<For the samme amount of money in 6 months you can buy a real 486 at
<33 or 38MH from DELL or Compaque and have something that's well
<designed. For less money, you will be able to buy one from CompuAdd
<that's almost as good and still outperforms the IBM.

I agree with everything but the last line. anything thousands of dollars less 
that still outperforms IBM is BETTER than IBM! (not almost as good)

 Brynn Rogers    Honeywell S&RC        rogers@src.honeywell.com
       612-782-7737                use this address if your reply bounces