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From: mark@misgate.wciu.EDU (Mark Patterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Open Letter to an MS-DOS User
Message-ID: <428.27F2446E@misgate.wciu.EDU>
Date: 28 Mar 91 18:43:36 GMT
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 > mcgredo@prism.cs.orst.edu (Don McGregor) writes:
 > >  A Mac LC can be had for $2,000.  That includes a _color_ monitor
 > >  that has onboard video support for 256 colors, 2 MB RAM, and a
 > >  40 MB SCSI HD along with the keyboard.  Its rough analog in the
 > >  PC world would be a 16 MhZ 386SX.  A Dell 316SX (to take a fairly
 > >  reputable clone maker as an example) has 40 MB, VGA Color Plus
 > >  (16 colors at full 640 x 480 resolution) and 2 MB of RAM, all
 > >  for $2,099 (March 4 PC week prices).
 >
 > Gee...for that price I had a 386/33 with 128K cache,
 > 8MB of memory,
 > 110MB hard disk, a 2400 baud modem, 2 serial ports/1
 > parallel port,
 > and 1024x768x256 VGA.

Where did you find a price like that for so much hardware? 
I'd love to know your source, as I'm in the market for a 
similar system.

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