sandy@turnkey.TCC.COM (Sanford 'Sandy' Zelkovitz) (10/29/88)
In article <8366@alice.UUCP>, debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) writes: > The offer (for those of you who may not know it yet) is that if you buy > $2995 or more of (SCO) software or $4995 of hardware (printers, disks...) > you get a FREE SIVA 386 system, with 1Mbyte memory, a ST-251-1 disk, > a 1-1 interleave controller, tower case, keyboard, monitor... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- That offer is quit possible since you will, I am sure, be paying full price for your purchases. If you check a little closer, the 386 system is probably the older 16mhz type. You see, you can buy a 16mhz 386 motherboard for around $1000.00 +/- $100.00 nearly anywhere. Dealer costs on 20 mhz motherboards, in single quantity, is around $1320.00. If they purchased many 16 mhz boards, I am sure they got them at a much lower price. With this all in mind, I guess they could just make such a deal. If I were you, I wouldn't pay for anything in advance, though! I have never heard of the company that you mentioned but it sure sounds like a pretty good deal. Sanford <sandy> Zelkovitz P.S. You may also want to check on how much they want for additional memory since yu will need it to run Xenix along with VPiX. On my system, I had to increase my memory size to 4.5 megs for reliable operation.
cacsc222%mx@csun.edu (10/30/88)
Also how about their '286 boxes? They are advertising a 12 MHz 286 machine w/ST-251-1,512K, EGA controller, 1.2M floppy, and mono monitor in a baby-AT config for $1295. The upgrade prices seem reasonable too: Upgrade to 1M - $195 (about market price for the RAM) Upgrade to 2M - $395 (very reasonable as far as I can tell) EGA monitor -- $195. As I am currently in the market for a low cost AT clone, I would be really interested in comments, both pro and con. E-mail, and I'll post results. "Disclaimer? We don't need no stinking disclaimers!!!!!" Scott Neugroschl ...!sm.uinisys.com!csun!mx!cacsc222