I'm buying a PC

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>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Masoner <richardm@cd.com> writes:
>
>    Richard> I'll be replacing my fire-damaged PC soon, so I thought
>    Richard> I'd check with the brethren here before checking the
>    Richard> mail-order places and local computer stores.  Anyone on
>    Richard> the list who sells systems?  I'm looking for:
>
>    Richard>  Pentium or Cyrix 6x86 (at least P100 equiv) 1.2 Gig hard
>    Richard> drive 3.5" floppy 28.8 fax/modem at least 6x CD-ROM 16MB
>    Richard> (EDO) RAM SVGA w/ 1meg at least 15" 0.28 dot pitch
>    Richard> monitor 16-bit sound card, tho 32-bit would be nicer :-).
>    Richard> I'll probably just run the audio out to my stereo system,
>    Richard> so speakers are optional
>
>You might want to look at: http://www.olex.net/ which is owned by a
>friend of mine here in the Chicago area, Oleg Riachenkov.  He is a
>Russian imigrant who gives good service and quite low prices, but he
>is not extremely knowledgeable.  I think he is a good choice if you
>already know what you want, and you already know about computers.
>
>Another friend of mine, this time in Cincinnati Ohio, is Tom Case, the
>owner of Debco Computers Inc. at http://www.debco.com/.  Tom is very
>knowledgeable and has good prices and good service, but he is not
>quite as cheap as Oleg is.  Tom has been in this business since the
>early days of CP/M.

Or Bro. Richard, you can buy a MACINTOSH.  : )