[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] what about Standard's machines and other questions

carlos@rkna50.riken.go.jp (Carlos Alberto) (03/26/91)

I've seen advertissements in PC Magazine of cheap 386 25/33 MHz by Standard.
Does anyone have any experience with them?

More generally, I want to buy an IBM-compatible machine, but they are
virtually non-existent in Japan, so I'm afraid I'll have to buy by mail order
from the US, without seeing the machine. Is this a very risky option?

I want to eventually run Unix on the pc. I've heard that few HD drives are
compatible with Unix. If so, what are the compatible ones?