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From: dana@gmu90x.UUCP (J Dana Eckart)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.misc
Subject: advise on personal unix system
Message-ID: <1150@gmu90x.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 88 20:14:21 GMT
Organization: George Mason University
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Like a great many people I am in search of the "perfect" system.  More
to the point, I want to find a Unix* machine for not much money.  I would
like to think that "not much money" could be translated into about $3000
(or even less :-)), but I have my doubts.

Two lines of attack of which I am aware are:

	(1) get the more expensive Unix products (~ $1500 for the whole
	    thing) that work on a wide variety of hardware, or
	(2) get a cheaper Unix (Bell Technologies sells one for ~ $400)
	    that runs on more restricted hardware (Bell sells a version
	    of the required 80386 hardware for ~$6000, minus hard disk).

Since the driving force is to have Unix, I thought I would ask the net
the current state of affairs.  Am I asking for too much (a sick feeling
in the pit of my stomach suggests that I am ... sigh)?  Please mail me
your suggestions, pieces of wisdom and confirmations of my worst fears.

[NOTE: I have purposely left other "system" requirements vague, so as
       not to further restrict suggestions.]

Thanks in advance.

*Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.

J Dana Eckart
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