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- From: dcinege@superlink.net (Dave Cinege)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Pentium Bridgeboard.....Would you buy one?
- Date: 10 Mar 1996 01:23:27 GMT
- Organization: SuperNet Inc. (908) 828-8988
- Message-ID: <4htauf$uf@earth.superlink.net>
- References: <4hoer5$de1@earth.superlink.net> <4hqc8r$s5c@uucp.intac.com>
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- In <4hqc8r$s5c@uucp.intac.com>, tranq@intac.com (tranquilizer) writes:
- >dcinege@superlink.net (Dave Cinege) wrote:
- >I'm not real up to date on current market prices, but I believe a P75
- >motherboard, with built in contoller, hi-speed serial, and 3 or more PCI
- >slots goes for under $450. PCI video cards start at $100. From your post,
- >it looks like the bridgeboard you propose is little more than these two
- >pieces of equipment, only in a much smaller form factor. And for me, and
- >most people, the loss in size and expandibility is not worth $500 :(
-
- Let's be realistic....you can't USE a motherboard by itself for much more
- then paddling a canoe. Including the case, etc, etc, the price is not that
- far off.
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