johnl@ima.ISC.COM (John R. Levine) (06/24/88)
I need a good cheap box on which to run 386/ix. In principle, any 386 AT clone should work, but I've had enough experience with "100% compatible" equipment to want to know that I'm not the first to put a system together. In rough order of importance: -- 386 CPU at 16 or 20MHz -- 3 or 4 MB memory, ability to expand later useful -- 70MB or better disk drive, preferably fast, and a floppy -- Known to run 386/ix -- Decent service Some friends of mine in Rockland Maine are interested in getting one too; a machine on which one could get service there would be nice. Having someone come out to fix it would be a lot better than having to mail it to, say, Texas. The going rate for stripped 386 boxes is about $2500-3000, so I'd expect to pay between $4000 and $5000 for the system. (For the friends in Maine, the competition is a $20,000 Altos box so even if it costs a lot more to get one they can get fixed, it still is a big win.) Send me mail, I'll summarize. TIA, -- John R. Levine, IECC, PO Box 349, Cambridge MA 02238-0349, +1 617 492 3869 { ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale }!ima!johnl, Levine@YALE.something Rome fell, Babylon fell, Scarsdale will have its turn. -G. B. Shaw