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From: cliu@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Crocker H. Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Need buying advice for 386 and Unix
Summary: Would like to run X-windows
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Date: 16 Nov 90 04:38:26 GMT
Reply-To: cliu@rnd.gba.nyu.edu (Crocker H. Liu)
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Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
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Alas!  My 3b1 (long abandoned by ATT) is too puny to run X-windows.
But the wealth of choice in 386's is overwhelming!

I also have an AT clone, which is basically used by my wife as a
word-processor.  It only has Hercules graphics and a 44MB harddisk.
Does it make sense to swap in a 386 motherboard?

What about the Unix?  Does the new Dell4.0 sound good to you?  The
accompanying software seems to be everything anyone would ever desire.
Well, it has X-windows anyway, which is what I'm worried about now.
(I'm also hooked on emacs and TeX, but I presume they will build on
just about any hardware I might pick up.)

The system will be used for program development, so it can't be too
non-standard.  Software portability is an issue.

Help!

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Crocker Liu    cliu@rnd.gba.nyu.edu