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From: rao@ka.excelan.com (Viswanath Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Northgate Slimline 386/20 PC
Message-ID: <1079@excelan.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 90 00:28:04 GMT
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Organization: Novell, San Jose CA.
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Has anyone used the Northgate Slimline 386/20 PC?  I think it is called
the Northgate SL20.2 model and has been a regular feature in Northgate
ads in PC Week.  I want to know any good/bad points about this PC and
whether it is a good buy as a home computer.  The features quoted to me
by a Northgate sales person are:
	80386 20 MHz
	2 MBytes 80-ns RAM
	5 expansion slots (2 full, 1 1-3/4 (?), 2 1/2 length)
	1 parallel/2 serial
	80387 co-processor socket
	AMI BIOS and Setup in ROM
	100 W power supply (seems like this is too low!)
	40 MB RLL 3.5" Hard disk
	1.2 MB 5.25 floppy drive
	1.44 MB 3.5" floppy drive
	MS-DOS 4.01
	SmartDrive disk caching software
	14" VGA color monitor
	Omnikey 101/102 keyboard
	Windows/386 or Windows 3.0 (when released)
	1-year limited warranty and unlimited telephone support

All this for the incredible price of $3099.00.  And I may get a $200.00
discount if they are still having some rebate going on!!

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks.
vish
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Subject: Northgate Slimline 386/20 PC
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc