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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:8935 comp.os.linux:34944 comp.os.minix:21835 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1740 comp.os.misc:2133 Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!psinntp!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 12:09:44 GMT Message-ID: <C5qCG9.5JJ@sugar.neosoft.com> References: <930418929@fcshome.UUCP> <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> <1qtep4INNmn7@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Lines: 24 In article <1qtep4INNmn7@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> scottl@engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) writes: > A 386sx is a drop in the bucket these days. Even a full fledged dx cpu is a > commodity. If you're willing to spend the time to look in a magazine like > Computer Shopper and maybe assemble systems yourself, a PC can be very cheap. Even cheaper if you don't want to run X (and if you only have 4M you don't want to run X). > VGA card ~$70 Hercules Mono card ~$20 > Mono VGA monitor (all you really need) ~$150 Mono monitor ~$60 > Total: $855 > You can also salvage many of these parts (vga card, floppy drive, case). My mono card cost me $7, and the monitor cost $15. I got two floppy drives for $20 each, and 2 used ESDI hard disks for $25 apiece. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Oletko halannut suttasi tänään? 'U` Tarjoilija, tämä ateria elää vielä.