Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!news From: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (S. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Gateway's 486 Price Reduction Message-ID: <1990Nov19.041950.6151@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 19 Nov 90 04:19:50 GMT Sender: news@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Distribution: na Organization: OSU Lines: 24 Originator: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu Since there was some discussion about Gateway a while back I thought people who are considering a 486 might be interested in Gateway's recent price reduction on their system. Since I had to call them to get specifics, this won't be advertised for a while; that's why I'm posting it. Here it is: 486/25 64k cache (25ns) (Micronics motherboard) 16 MEG RAM max. on board Speed switchable through keyboard (4.9, 7.1, 25) Phoenix Bios 8 MEG of RAM installed (70ns) 8 16-bit slots; 5 free 1 Parallel/2 Serial 200 MEG HD, 15 MS, Maxtor IDE (model LXT200A) 1.2 MEG and 1.44 MEG Floppies (Epson) 1 MEG Video RAM on Diamond SpeedStar board (Tseng4000 chip-based) 1024x768 Crystal Scan Monitor (.28, interlaced) 101 Keyboard (Fujitsu) Microsoft Mouse & Windows 3.0 DOS 3.3/4.01 FCC Class B Was: $5295 Now: $4395 SS