Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!percival!gary
From: gary@percival.UUCP (Gary Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Dream clone (was: popular computer affordability
Summary: Didn't you guys ever hear of Ampro?
Message-ID: <1372@percival.UUCP>
Date: 20 Sep 88 02:19:36 GMT
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In article <1056@bucket.UUCP> leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>In article <14292@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60a-1bq@e260-4f.berkeley.edu (nunnayourbiznezz) writes:
><My dream cheapo system would be a PClone board mounted on top of a 3.5" drive.
><with space under it for another 3.5 drive (of course).
>Well, someone could buils such a system cheaply enough...
>
>Intel sells the "Wildboard 88" for $50 ($55 with 8087) in quantity 1000.

It's been a while since I checked one of their ads, but Ampro used to make a
little PC-bugger, similar to your "dreams".  Granted, it was 5 1/4" floppy 
sized, but what the heck.  There's lots more boxes at 5" than at 3" form factor.

Besides, that solves your expansion card and connector mounting space problems.

I think their system (remember, it's been a while since I saw an ad) was in the
<$1000 range.  You had to supply a terminal, but so does your proposal.
.

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