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From: tomk@intsc.UUCP (Tom Kohrs @fae)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Re: IBM's new System 2 Personal Computers
Message-ID: <931@intsc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 11:04:15 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 14 11:04:15 1987
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> sdeggo!dave@sdamos.ucsd.edu
In article <28@sdeggo.UUCP>, dave@sdamos.ucsd.ed (David Smith) writes:

> Yeah, but switching from Unix to DOS is a pain and so is DOS.  DosMerge is
> a very nice kludge to work around this, but I'm not sure if anyone has
> released it yet, or just which programs it will run.  I've heard a second-hand
> report from MicroPort that they have their's running Flight Simulator.  
> Besides, a 16Mhz 68020 will run rings around any AT on the market, I'm sure 
> unless Apple did something stupid (which I'm sure they did :-) like make the
> the processor step the head in the hard drive and decode the GCR formatting
> they put on it.
> 
> I'm real happy with my AT clone, considering that I could only buy half a
> Hyundai with what I've dropped into it, but it's just too bloody slow.
> I'm hoping the Mac II will give me more zip for the buck.
> 
Maybe you should look at upgrading your box to a 386 machine.  There are
several companies now selling 386 upgrade boards for AT's that replace your
AT motherboard.  You then can get UNIX with DOS running under it (switching
between DOS  and UNIX is just a command). You also get about 1.5x-2x the 
performance of the MAC.  The other nice thing is you get to keep you Hyundai
and are just dropping big engine into it :-).  

> -- 
> David L. Smith
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  tomk@intsc.UUCP  			Tom Kohrs
					Regional Architecture Specialist
		   			Intel - Santa Clara