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From: ballanty@fornax.UUCP (Rob Ballantyne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: ICM-332 can't talk to Adaptec tape controller
Summary: Need info on lower end systems
Keywords: ICM-332
Message-ID: <777@fornax.UUCP>
Date: 4 Nov 88 04:03:22 GMT
References: <228@flinders.cs.flinders.oz> <1163@mmm.UUCP> <7464@nsc.nsc.com>
Organization: School of Computing Science, SFU, Burnaby, B.C. Canada
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    After watching this newsgroup for about two weeks I've decided to join
the frey!!  

    I have long been a fan of the NS32k uPs, and until now thought that
any 32k based unix system would be out of reach financially. Watching this
newsgroup I realize this is not so. What I would like to ask is:
What is my best route to getting up and running with a system?  

    I have seen a number of options go by: 1) buy a single board system,
power supply, disk drive and away I go or 2) buy a plug in board for an
IBM PC/XT/AT and away I go.

    Option #1 is ok if I can get it cheap enough.

    The trouble with Option #2 is I don't own a PC, I would be willing to
buy one though if the combined price was cheap enough.

    So, what does everyone think?             

    What boards are available?  ZAIAZ made an offer in this newsgroup 
what do people think of their equipment?
 
    Thanks,
      
        Rob

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