Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!harpsichord.cis.ohio-state.edu!mcmillan From: mcmillan@harpsichord.cis.ohio-state.edu (Harold McMillan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: FASTData machines from FASTMicro Summary: Recommendations for 386/33 Message-ID: <96685@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 16 Mar 91 14:26:11 GMT References: <463@data.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Harold McMillan Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 14 I've seen the ad in PC Magazine for the FASTData 386/33 with 64K cache, 4 Mb, 100Mb IDE, 1024x768 VGA, 1.44 AND 1.2 floppies, and FCC class 'B', all for $2,399. By comparison to other ads, this is an amazing price. Does anyone have any experience with FASTMicro (out of Phoenix, AZ, I believe)? Does anyone have any low-cost alternatives roughly meeting the above specs (including the class 'B')? Hal -- Hal McMillan | "It's an ideal principle, which can be verified mcmillan@cis.ohio-state.edu | only under ideal conditions. Which means never. 72627.642@CompuServe.com | But it's still true."