Should I buy a 7300?

J. Eric Townsend erict at flatline.UUCP
Mon Apr 3 04:08:47 AEST 1989


In article <7719 at killer.Dallas.TX.US> rcj at killer.Dallas.TX.US (Robert Johnson) writes:
[...]
>like were going to go with a cheap PC.  My question is:  Should
>I get a 7300 and give my mother my AT?  Is the DOS board availible
>for the 7300 any good?  Will it run everything, and run it at
>10Mhz?  Will I have ANY compatiblity problems?  How much does it
>cost?


Look, if you want an IBM clone, buy an IBM clone.  If you want a UNIX
workstation, buy a 3b1/7300.  I have a DOS board, and it's useful for
insuring that a program compiles under dos, but that's about it.
(Anyway, the card is real hercules compatible, not "write to screen
memory" hercules compatible, so you can only use text oriented material.)

(Why am I so testy this morning? :-)
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