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From: ianhogg@cs.umn.edu (Ian J. Hogg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: building a clone: good stuff vs. trash?
Keywords: clone,homebuilt,motherboard
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.184449.21942@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 91 18:44:49 GMT
References: <1991Feb15.000423.26009@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <26936@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
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In article <26936@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes:
> [ deleted things about component recommendations, ]
>Recommendatin:
>
>386-33 Micronics MB w/ 8MB and 32k cache (1800 total mail order)
>Logix 1MB ET4000 based board (189 dollars mail order from Logix)
>Samsung Syncmaster .28 monitor (~430 dollars)
>Northgate or Fujitsu keyboard (50-120 dollars)
>Seagate ST1144 (?) 20ms 125MB IDE (around 500 mail order)
>TEAC floppy (65 mail order)
>Logitech Mouseman or MS Mouse (~80 dollars)
>
>You total it....I don't have a calculator handy.

  I total it and I get about $3035 without the mouse.  I'm picking up a new 
system today that is configured as follows:

	PC Express 386-33mhz system			2530
          Wedge Motherboard w/64k cache
          4MB ram
          1.2MB and 1.4 MB floppies (TEAC)
          Panasync 1381c monitor
          DOS 4.1 installed
          100 MB IDE drive
          Focus 16 bit SVGA with 1MB

       I put together the following upgrades:
         Diamond SpeedStar 1MB SVGA                        79
         Seagate ST1144A disc drive                        40
         Mini Tower case                                   39

      total price:                                       2688

If you added a second floppy to your recommedation we'd have about a $400
price difference with the major discrepancy being 4Mb of RAM.  Can I get
4 MB ram for less than $400? 

>
>Brian


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