NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
486 Prices Continue to Drop
 
Intel's new Pentium processor will likely replace the 486 at the
leading edge of the desktop PC market, when it finally reaches mass
production. In the meantime, Lightning Computers new trade-in program
allows users to send in any working 286 or 386 system and receive a
"complete," American-made, Pentium-upgradable i486-66 MHz local-bus
SVGA system with 170MB drive, the price is only $1,395. The Lightning 
Omniflex 486/66 includes: 128KB of cache, expandable to 256KB; six ISA
(Industry Standard Architecture), two VESA (Video Electronics
Standards Association) local bus slots, AMI BIOS, P24T Pentium ZIF
socket; 4MB RAM, expandable to 32MB; 170MB IDE hard disk with 13 ms
average access speed; 1.2MB 5.25-inch or 1.44MB 3.5-inch Teac floppy
disk drives; local bus SuperVGA card with 1MB RAM; 14-inch non-
interlaced SuperVGA monitor with .28 dot pitch; standard desktop
chassis with 250 watt UL/CSA power supply; 101 key enhanced AT
keyboard; and one parallel, one game and two serial ports. Many other
options are available, and the standard warranty includes one year
parts and labor with on-site service. Extended term warranties are
available. Lightning has received a number of industry awards for
their computers, including "Editor's Choice" from PC Magazine,

EDITOR CLYDE ARNOLD
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