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From: cbenda@unccvax.UUCP (carl m benda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macs, IBMs, and compatibility.
Summary: compatibility
Message-ID: <880@unccvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 88 01:11:55 GMT
References: <37250@sun.uucp> <11540095@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Organization: Univ. of NC at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
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As a PS/2 model 80 owner, I have a few objections.......

A.	My 1 megabyte version came with enough memory to run
	five (5) operating systems:
		MS-DOS 3.3
		XENIX (can you run UNIX on your 128k mac??)
		CP/M
		PC-MOS (a virtual 8086 os)
		QNX

B.	The next megabyte of memory cost me just $411 That works
	to be about 100 dollars per 256 K and thats with the board
	friends.

C.	With this memory I had all I needed to run OS/2. And kermit
	works just fine, including the vt102 emulator.

D.	I have a 1981 pc it runs the newest version of MS-DOS just
	dandy! allong with all of the associated programs.

E.	There are at least a dozen ways I could upgrade the machine
	this machine to run OS/2 if I wanted to.  I don't want to.

F.	Finally, IBM would much rather have you by a newer machine
	than upgrade to a new one.  Ask an apple rep how to upgrade
	your mac 128k so it will run the new apple multitasking os
	A/UX... Ask him how to up grade it so it will have a color 
	screen.... using APPLE products.


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/Carl