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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: $2100 486-25?
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.202444.18628@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 8 Jan 91 20:24:44 GMT
References: <1991Jan8.060333.8002@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1991Jan8.060333.8002@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> millernw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller) writes:
>
>286-12MHz     $399
>386SX - 16MHz $649
>386-25MHz     $899
>386-33MHz     $1099
>486-25Mhz     $2099 (!)
>
>	I don't think these PCs come with any frills, like monitors, but
>a 486-25 for two thou?!?  Am I being either cynical or suspicious about
>these prices?
>
>	For the do-it-yourself person, I see a 386-33 motherboard for under
>$400.  In contrast on another page, I see a solo 486-25 motherboard for $2495
>and a 386-33 motherboard for $1495.  Any comments?
>

Doesn't seem unreasonable to me....  I paid US$1100 for my 486-25 MB.  Add
case, power supply, HDFD controller, Hercules, Floppy and a cheapy HD.

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Kaleb Keithley                      Jet Propulsion Labs
kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

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