Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!tness7!texbell!ssbn!carpet!bill From: bill@carpet.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Looking for a good, cheap 386 Message-ID: <148@carpet.WLK.COM> Date: 29 Aug 88 20:53:57 GMT References: <5607@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <5289@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: bill@carpet.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) Reply-To: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) Distribution: na Organization: W.L. Kennedy Jr. & Associates, Pipe Creek, TX Lines: 40 >In article <5607@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> phco@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (John Miller) writes: >>I'm looking for a good low-end 386 box in the $3000-4000 range. >>If you have any good suggestions, please let me know. >> John Miller (ecsvax!phco) In article <5289@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> slin@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Steven Philip Lin) writes: > >Micronics Computers, Inc. makes a good 386 motherboard. They sell both AT >and Baby-AT (fits in XT case) sized motherboards. They're fairly reputable >and provide good technical support. [ sales standing ] > >Call them for a list of distributors, 800-234-4386. They are based in >Sunnyvale. I got a quote today from one of their dealers. A 16MHz 4Mb/80Mb system, complete, monochrome, for $4295. That sounds high, but $1740 of that was to go from 1Mb to 4Mb RAM. Add $800 for VGA & Multisync and subtract $115 to take out the monochrome. > >Disclaimer: I worked at Micronics this summer, so this isn't an entirely > unbiased view. However, I did buy their computer and have had > no problems with it. I have three Micronics systems and the only trouble I have had with them ceased after I stopped trying to use Microport V/386. They really hum with DOS or a decent UNIX. The place I got the quote was Storage System Engineering Service 3350 Scott Blvd Building 19, Ste 1902 Santa Clara, CA 95054 (408) 727-6040, FAX (408) 727-6042 My view of Micronics is unbiased but I am a satisfied customer of Storage Systems Engineering Service. --- Bill Kennedy Internet: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM Usenet: { killer | att | rutgers | uunet!bigtex }!ssbn!bill -- Bill Kennedy Internet: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM Usenet: { killer | att | rutgers | uunet!bigtex }!ssbn!bill