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From: jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: building a clone: good stuff vs. trash?
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.233726.1233@digi.lonestar.org>
Date: 15 Feb 91 23:37:26 GMT
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From article <26936@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, by jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook):
> In article <1991Feb15.000423.26009@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) writes:
> 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)
> 


Sounds like a pretty good system to me.  You forgot a case to put
it in, but the rest sounds good and case price is pretty dependent
on style (desktop, mini-tower, tower, super-tower, etc).  The only
thing that I would add is to get really good prices find someone
that takes PC Week.  The companies in there have the overall best
pricing around.

Example: (but not necessarily an endorsement)

IDS has these motherboards for sale:

AMI 386/25 64k cache, 0k ram - $ 859
AMI 386/25 64k cache, 4M ram - $1059
AMI 386/33 64k cache, 0k ram - $1089
AMI 386/33 64k cache, 4M ram - $1259

Micronics 386/33 0k (doesn't say cache, but probably) $1379

They sell all three mb (AMI, Micronics, and Mylex) recommended previously,
plus harddrives and other things.

You can also find similar low pricing on memory (~45 1Mx9-80 simms), 80387
(although not too low on those), and other components.

If you can get issues from about 3 months back and look through the adds
and see who is still advertising (although most are reliable and I have
seen them advertising for at least a couple years) you will probably be
better off.  Most of these places are distributers and some (IME) are
liquidators.  I think that most will accept credit cards.  After finding
places to get stuff it would probably be a good idea to post here and
ask about past experiences with some places.

john gay.

always looking for cheap, fast thrills.