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From: sc1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Can I have your opinion?
Message-ID: <scLGOrC00iU4E6r0kR@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 17 Jun 91 21:16:39 GMT
Organization: Academic Computing, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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	This is a question similar to the "Building a cheap AT system" question.

	I'm in the market for an inexpensive PC. Looking at the way things are
going, I'll need to get something with at least a 386SX in order to run
the software I'm interested in (OOL software devel & database work). But
I'm in no rush, so I plan on waiting until prices drop a little (once
AMD's chips hit the market).

	The plan I've been kicking around is to buy a used PC-XT class machine
(around $200), and putter around on that until the 386/486 machines come
down in, and then pick up a new motherboard and drop it into the case.
In the meantime, I'll shop for cheap, used components (disk drives,
displays, stuff like that)

	Does this seem reasonable? Are there any pitfalls which I've overlooked?

	Thanks for your help,
	Stephen Chan
	sc1u+@andrew.cmu.edu