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From: oxalis@ccb.ucsf.edu (Michael Sintchak)
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Subject: '386 questions: price, cacheing, un*x
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Date: 3 Jun 89 00:04:01 GMT
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   Hi, I am looking for any information people have dealing with the
company Micro Generation (a division of Continental Technology).  In
this months computer shopper they offer what appears to be a great
deal - a 33.6 MHz '386 base system for only $1795.  If anybody has
recently gotten one of these systems or any system from Micro
Generation please email me your opinions.

   A related question is: what is the best memory cacheing available
(price/performance) for these '386 machines.  Micro Generation's board
uses "interleaved/page memory access" - is this comparable to
cacheing?  Also, I see that some boards advertise an 80387 socket,
others an 80387/80287 socket.  Will I be able to use my 80287 or does
it depend on the BIOS on the motherboard?

   My final question is about memory.  How much memory will I need on
a '386 machine to run some form of un*x?  What is the cheapest form of
un*x that runs on the '386 platform?  If I get a cheap un*x, will I be
able to run something like X windows on it (if yes, how much more
memory would I need)?

    Thanks in advance for your help.


-- Mike.




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Mike Sintchak (oxalis@ccb.ucsf.edu)
Dept. of Pharm. Chem. - UC San Francisco
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