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BETWEEN 1988 AND 1997.  A FEW MODELS WILL SPORT CYRIX OR AMD CPUS, BUT THE
VAST MAJORITY USE INTEL MICROPROCESSORS.  DIEHARD AFICIONADOS OF APPLE,
COMMODORE, TANDY AND OTHER UNUSUAL BRANDS MAY FIND LESS USEFUL INFORMATION
HERE.  MANY OF US HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR THESE MACHINES, BUT MOST AMATEUR
RADIO SOFTWARE IS DESIGNED TO RUN IN DOS OR WINDOWS LINUX IS MAKING A
BETTER SHOWING NOWADAYS, SO THE NUMBERS GREATLY FAVOR THE MAINSTREAM.  HERE
ARE SOME TIDBITS THAT SHOULD HELP YOU CHOOSE THE RIGHT PC FOR YOUR
APPLICATIONS.  MICROPROCESSOR CLASSES 286 OR LESS LAPTOPS IN THIS CLASS
ARENT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BE VERY USEFUL.  THEYLL RUN THEIR SHARE OF OLDER
DOS BASED TERMINAL PROGRAMS, BUT WITH 4 10 MHZ CPUS, THEIR OVERALL
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3,456 36 32 B LA7MFA 1,295,190 1845 234 C LA2HFA 244,764 523 156 C LA9GY
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