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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: What is a good inexpensive UNIX system ?
Message-ID: <J55H7TL@taronga.com>
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
References: <4909@shum.huji.ac.il> <691@cyclone.sbi.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1992 13:05:48 GMT
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In article <691@cyclone.sbi.com> bet@cyclone.sbi.com (Bennett E. Todd) writes:
>I almost agree with your thought above; where I'd differ is that I don't
>think a 486 is a proper choice for ``cheapest UNIX system with X Windows''.
>If you go for a 386SX-25 ISA,
^^??
The performance advantage of a DX over an SX for UNIX is compelling, and
DX motherboards are so cheap (I've seen a '25 for $260, a '33 for $300)
that there's no point wasting your time on an SX unless you're doing a
laptop. Plus, if you really want to go cheap you can save about $300 by
using an IDE drive instead of a SCSI one, simply because IDE controllers
are effectively free. Personally, I'd say go for the SCSI, but I'm not
writing the check for you.
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