Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!bpa!sjuvax!conway
From: conway@sjuvax.UUCP (Chuck Conway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Need advice/recommendations for 386 system
Message-ID: <1724@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 18:56:24 GMT
Reply-To: conway@sjuvax.UUCP (Chuck Conway)
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It's come time for my father to upgrade his business computer system
which now consists of an IBM PC with a V20 and a 30 meg HD.  He's
had it for a long time, and it's starting to experience intermittent(sp?)
failures.
 
He's been talking about getting a '386 system, but doesn't want to spend
a million dollars for a system.  He really likes the CGA color monitor he
has, and he wants a color monitor for the new system.  I know that there
are newer standards, but which one is the current 'standard'?  

He's been talking about a Compaq 386, and I also suggested CompuAdd and
Dell Computers.  I don't really keep an eye on the market, but what
we're really looking for is a 386 system that has room to be upgraded,
and won't lock us in to a certain setup because of some weird engineering.
What kind/speed of hard disk is appropriate?  Our 30 meg disk is full,
and I'd like to go for a ~60 meg disk. 
 
We'll be running DOS, and he mainly uses Symphony, several tax programs,
and WordPerfect.  How much memory is 'enough'?  Can expanded/extended
memory be used as LIM memory for Symphony?
 
Also I'd like to have both a 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 floppy disk drives, so we
can convert all the old PC-XT disks to smaller media.  
 
Also the computer will be hooked up to a Kyocera laser printer if that
matters.  
 
Any/all recommendations (in mail) would be appreciated!

--
Chuck Conway
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