kevin@gitpyr.UUCP (Kevin Campbell) (08/20/85)
I am considering the purchase of an IBMPC Jr. The price is falling very
low, and I am looking for a good basic computer. I currently own a
Commodore 64, and would like to upgrade to the PC Jr.
I am soliciting opinions, and would appreciate hearing from anyone
that owns or has had experience with the JR. Also, if anyone has
information on whether or not IBM is going to continue supporting th
PC Jr.
Thank you very much,
Kevin Campbell
kevin@gitpyr
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Kevin Campbell
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!kevinsdyer@bbncc5.UUCP (Steve Dyer) (08/20/85)
The good news is that the PCJr, with enough add-on memory, is sufficiently
compatible with the PC family to run a wide variety of programs. Problems
occasionally arise with some (only some) copy-protection schemes which assume
the the drive controller has DMA. Thus, if you're looking for an inexpensive
PC clone, the PCJr, sufficiently discounted (like < $600), is a very good
deal.
The bad news is that makers of add-on boards are quite justifiably dropping
the Jr from their plans. If you're looking to expand the Jr, do it now.
Also, the lack of DMA can be a pain: keyboard accesses are disallowed during
disk accesses.
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/Steve Dyer
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