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From: carlos@rkna50.riken.go.jp (Carlos Alberto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: what about Standard's machines and other questions
Message-ID: <8491@rkna50.riken.go.jp>
Date: 26 Mar 91 06:16:43 GMT
Reply-To: carlos@rkna50.riken.go.jp (Carlos Alberto)
Organization: Institute of Physical & Chemical Research (RIKEN) Saitama,Japan
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I've seen advertissements in PC Magazine of cheap 386 25/33 MHz by Standard.
Does anyone have any experience with them?

More generally, I want to buy an IBM-compatible machine, but they are
virtually non-existent in Japan, so I'm afraid I'll have to buy by mail order
from the US, without seeing the machine. Is this a very risky option?

I want to eventually run Unix on the pc. I've heard that few HD drives are
compatible with Unix. If so, what are the compatible ones?