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From: jng@s.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: seek advise buying a 286/12
Message-ID: <213400023@s.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 2 Feb 89 05:04:00 GMT
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Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!jng    Feb  1 23:04:00 1989


 
Hi folks, I am going to buy a 286 in the near future, and since there is so
many AT compatible around, I would like to ask you experts to help me finding
what I want. I have done a little bit of survey and the following is the
Specifications:

* 80286/12 processor at 12 or 6 MHz switchable system speed
* 0 wait-states
* 1 Mb RAM (expandable to maybe 2 Mb for later investment)
* 1.2 Mb 5.25" drive
* 1.44 Mb 3.5" drive  (get it from CompuAdd for $89)
* 40 Mb Hard drive
* 1 parallel, 2 serial ports
* 101 key keyboard
* VGA board and adaptor
* 2400 baud modem (internal prefered) get it from CompuAdd for $139

Of the above spec., CompuAdd 286/12 will almost do the job with $2307 (almost,
because CompuAdd 286/12 only have 512K RAM expandable to 1 Mb, and I really
want more room for expansion), Then the new CompuAdd 286/16 will perfectly
fit the spec. with $500 more (ie. $2807), but with $2807, how would those
Gateway 2000 16MHz EGA and Gateway 386SX, AST.... sound? So I would say $2800
should be my upper limits.

I am looking for cost and reliability, so if you have any comment or recommend-
ation, please post or email me, Thanks! I will post whatever I received maybe
a week or two later, I think there might be people in need of this kind of 
advise, too.

--Joseph Ng   University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign--

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