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What Constitutes A Typical PC?

• Intel 386 family or compatible processor(s)
• Cache & 4 - 512 MBytes DRAM
• A 3.5" 1.44 MByte floppy drive
  (and maybe a 5" 1.2 MByte floppy drive)
• 340 MByte - 9 GByte hard disk(s)
• 2x - 8x CDROM drive, backup?
• VGA-compatible video card
• 14" - 21" color monitor
• RS232C serial, parallel
• Some combination of ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI, PCMCIA busses for I/O cards
• 200 - 300 Watt power supply
• A bunch of fans...