Author: Matt Frank
Date: 21:48:29 02/12/99
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On February 12, 1999 at 03:41:44, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: ><snip> > >>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. > ><snip> > >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) >====== >$1446, leaving $54 for shipping. Well that is all well and good. Are you paying for this? :-) BTW, my machine has 128 meg RAM and I still got it for under $2,000 in early 98; and it's not an imac. But really, thanks for the suggestion. Matt Frank
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