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Subject: Re: Match with Hiarcs 7 versus GM tentatively scheduled

Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)

Date: 00:41:44 02/12/99

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>I am
>trying to demonstrate that for under $2,000 hardware (specifically a g3 233 MHZ
>Power PC) and for under $100 software (Hiarcs 7, $98)
> consumers can buy GM level strength to play against, and learn from.

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You could do this, with a stronger platform,
forunder $1500, total. Just finagle the loan
of an iMac/266 with 96Mb RAM as your match platform.

That way, you will have:

1) A setup that, with total software & hardware (Appendix A) is under $1500
2) A setup this is currently and easily available to consumers.
3) A setup that is slightly stronger than your current configuration.

Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)

Appendix A:

$1199 iMac 266 with 32 Mb RAM (mail order)
$ 149 64Mb RAM upgrade (96Mb total) (mail order)
$  98 HIARCS 7 (wherever you got it)
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$1446, leaving $54 for shipping.



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