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From: cs304pal@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Lloyd Parkes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: dosread.c again
Keywords: fiddlesticks, money, development system
Message-ID: <1989Oct26.235702.7819@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: 26 Oct 89 23:57:02 GMT
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In article <6627@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <5182@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> webb@uhccux.UUCP (Thomas Webb) writes:
>> Also, those
>> of us on tight personal budgets can get a complete DOS development
>> system for about $1500, $1000 for the machine and $500 for a very
>> complete set of development software.
>
>Fiddlesticks. (I'm saying that a lot lately. It's a lot more polite than
>what I'm thinking)

I would just like to add my fiddlesticks as well, I have a 12Mhz AT, with
two (small) hard drives, with an excellent VGA card, with VGA monitor. All
for $NZ2700 + $NZ700 + $NZ900. This is about $US2600 max (exchange rates
are a bit dodgy). All this paid for by a part time job, while I study here
at University.

It really isn't that hard to get a very nice AT based development system. I
would actually like to see more work done on using VGAs as graphics
terminals, with windows etc. :-) Fun for someone.

					Lloyd
Quick, send your money to cs304pal@rata.vuw.ac.nz now!

If you think anyone believes what I have just said,
then you must be daft in the head!