Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!monsoon.Berkeley.EDU!joonsong From: joonsong@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (Suk-Hyun Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Real System Comparisons Message-ID: <1990Jul29.023338.595@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 29 Jul 90 02:33:38 GMT References: <13466@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Reply-To: joonsong@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (Joon Song) Distribution: usa Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 46 In article <13466@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie) writes: > PC Equivalent for A3000: > > - 80386DX @ 25MHz > - 80387DX @ 25MHz > - 2 Megs basic, 16 Megs total 32 bit memory > - On board 32 bit DMA-driven hard disk controller > - 31kHz Video (plain VGA will do) > - EISA bus with at least four slots > - Slot for low cost 80486 add-in > - Unoccupied serial and parallel ports > - Microsoft or similar mouse > - Microsoft Windows 3.0 This is a highly specific configuration. Putting together such a system may take some doing. But how about a PC system comparable in power to the A3000. I flipped through a copy of Microtimes, and here is what I came up with: - 80386DX @33Mhz /w 64K cache \ 1 meg RAM \ 1.44 meg floppy > $1448 1:1 hard disk controller / keyboard, power supply, case / 2 serial and 1 parallel / - 14" VGA color monitor & card $390 - 40Mb Hard Disk $220 - 387 @33Mhz $495 - 4 1megx9 80ns (4 megabytes) $244 - Windows 3.0 /w Microsoft Mouse $149 The total for this 386-33Mhz 5 meg system is $2946. The same configuration at 25Mhs is $2397. The 40meg hard disk and VGA is a bit too confining for me. I would probably go for a 120meg hard disk and Super VGA, adding about $600 to the price tag. Joon Song send replys to joonsong@ocf.berkeley.edu