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From: rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Need suggestions for PC system for Engineering student.
Keywords: system 386sx 286 request engineer compatibility clone
Message-ID: <32379@auc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 90 19:46:42 GMT
Organization: Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Lines: 42

Hello.  A friend of mine is planning on purchasing an IBM PC compatible.  She
wants a system with:

   Approx. 1 Mb. RAM
   A modem
   A 5 1/4" Floppy Drive
   A 20 Mb Hard Drive
   Math coprocessor slot
   EGA or VGA card and monitor
   A dot matrix printer

She has approx. $1500-$2000 to spend on the hardware.

She wants to be able to run Lotus 123, WordPerfect 5.x, Autocad, and
Autocad Animator on the system.   Since she wants to run Autocad, and since
I don't want her to end up with a system that will be obsolete a year from now,
I was wondering about the 386sx systems.  (Please, no flames from 286
advocates.  Information, yes, but no flames)

Since math coprocessors can be quite expensive, she is willing to wait awhile
before getting one.  She would also like to have a 3 1/2" drive, as they use
PS/2's (UGH!) at her school.

I was hoping that someone would be willing to give me some suggestions as to
good systems in and near that price range, as well as suggestions as to what
systems to keep away from.

Also, I'd like to know of any compatibility problems in 386sx and 286 clones
out there, especially with the packages I mentioned above (123, WordPerfect,
Autocad, and Animator).

Thanks in advance,
Rodney

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Rodney Ricks,   Morehouse College                                        \/
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Rodney Ricks,   Morehouse College                                        \/