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From: kjc@cuuxb.ATT.COM (Netnews Administrator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: AT&T 6386 vs Compaq 386/20
Message-ID: <2155@cuuxb.ATT.COM>
Date: 31 Oct 88 15:43:45 GMT
References: <4119@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Reply-To: kjc@cuuxb.UUCP (Kevin Coulter)
Organization: AT&T, Data Systems Group, Lisle, IL
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In article <4119@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> che@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Mitch Che) writes:
>I'm looking at AT&T's 6386 (20MHz) package CPU 373 with an 80MB hard
>disk.  This is about $1700. less than our prices for a comparable
>Compaq 386/20 package (with a 40 MB disk).  Our micro support group
>suggested sticking with the Compaq, mentioning something about low
>Norton performance on the AT&T.  (Considering we're still using IBM

Well, I have an AT&T 6386 (16Mhz) with a 40MB HDU (I don't know the brand).
I ran SI & this is what it says:
   Computing Index (CI), relative to IBM/XT: 16.9
        Disk Index (DI), relative to IBM/XT: 2.8

 Performance Index (PI), relative to IBM/XT: 12.2

So, a 16.9 on a 16Mhz box ain't too shabby. I'm just curious. Where can
you get the 373 for $1700? What is the price of the Compaq?

			Kevin