[comp.unix.i386] Fast 386 Color Workstation

misha@aeras.UUCP (Michael Umansky) (09/15/89)

FOR SALE:  Brand new SUPER FAST 386 based AT workstation!

	I just put this configuration together and then decided
	that I want a 33Mhz based system.  Since no one wanted to
	buy just the motherboard, I decided to sell the whole setup!

	Micronics i80386DX-25Mhz based Mother Board with 32K Cache
		i82385-25Mhz Cache Controller
		4 Mb of 80 ns (1Mbit chips) DRAM, Sockets for 387/Weitek
		The 387 has its own crystal, so you can use a slower FPU
		Lithium battery for CMOS Setup Ram/Clock on board
	Tower Case with Reset, Turbo and Speed Display
	220 Watt Power Supply
	Adaptec AHA-1542A SCSI Host Adapter (DMA Bus Master)
	CDC WREN III 155Mb (formatted) SCSI Hard Drive (16 ms access)
	1.2  Mb 5.25" Floppy Drive
	1.44 Mb 3.5"  Floppy Drive
	Paradise VGA Plus
	NEC Multisync 3D
		Memory for factory and user defined setups
		Maximum 1024x768 interlaced - like IBM 8514A
	101 Key Keyboard
	1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 1 Game Ports
	Mouse Systems Optical Mouse (Serial)
	Docs for Motherboard, SCSI controller, WREN III, VGA, NEC, Mouse,
		IO Ports, Keyboard, 1.44Mb Floppy Drive, Case
	Landmark SPEED test shows about 43.5 Mhz
	Norton SI shows about 32

	Only $5600.00 (+COD SHIP) - Unbeatable for above configuration!!!

	The system currently runs Interactive's 386/ix V2.0.2.
	If you want, I can get you a good price on any 386/ix configuration
	that Interactive offers.
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leech@alanine.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) (09/16/89)

In article <387@aeras.UUCP> misha@aeras.UUCP (Michael Umansky) writes:
>	Micronics i80386DX-25Mhz based Mother Board with 32K Cache
>		i82385-25Mhz Cache Controller
>		4 Mb of 80 ns (1Mbit chips) DRAM, Sockets for 387/Weitek
>		The 387 has its own crystal, so you can use a slower FPU
>		Lithium battery for CMOS Setup Ram/Clock on board
>	Tower Case with Reset, Turbo and Speed Display
>	220 Watt Power Supply
>	Adaptec AHA-1542A SCSI Host Adapter (DMA Bus Master)
>	CDC WREN III 155Mb (formatted) SCSI Hard Drive (16 ms access)
>	1.2  Mb 5.25" Floppy Drive
>	1.44 Mb 3.5"  Floppy Drive
>	Paradise VGA Plus
>	NEC Multisync 3D
>		Memory for factory and user defined setups
>		Maximum 1024x768 interlaced - like IBM 8514A
>	101 Key Keyboard
>	1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 1 Game Ports
>	Mouse Systems Optical Mouse (Serial)
>	Docs for Motherboard, SCSI controller, WREN III, VGA, NEC, Mouse,
>		IO Ports, Keyboard, 1.44Mb Floppy Drive, Case
>	Landmark SPEED test shows about 43.5 Mhz
>	Norton SI shows about 32
>
>	Only $5600.00 (+COD SHIP) - Unbeatable for above configuration!!!

    We had a little email disagreement about the truth of this last
statement; I claim this price is easily beatable.  For example,
looking in 9/11 PC Week, we find:

    25 MHz Micronics+4M+
    Tower Case+Kbd+2S+1P	$2450	(USM Int.)
    CDC WREN III		$1185	(EDI)
    AHA-1542A			 $279	(Hard Drives Int.- not adv. in PC Week)
    2 Floppies			 $180	(Numerous sources)
    Paradise VGA Plus		 $220	(S&W Comp.)
    Multisync 3D		 $594	(")
    Logitech Serial Mouse	  $90	(")
				-----
				$4998+shipping => $600 savings

    No effort at all was made to find the cheapest source for the
above parts.  Moral: usenet may not be the most cost-effective way to
buy a system.  I thought for-sale ads were verboten in technical
newsgroups, anyway.
--
    Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu)    __@/
    ``God is more interested in your future and your relationships
      than you are.'' - Billy Graham