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- Subject: Re: 486SXs as Unix Iron?
- Message-ID: <NOP.92Nov21200809@theory.Mankato.MSUS.EDU>
- From: nop@theory.Mankato.MSUS.EDU (Jay A. Carlson)
- Date: 21 Nov 92 20:08:09
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- In-reply-to: mramsell@gandalf.ca's message of Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:09:33 GMTLines: 26
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- In article <1992Nov21.040933.236@gandalf.ca> mramsell@gandalf.ca (Mark Ramsell) writes:
-
- One final note.. Watch out for the systems that let you expand your 486sx cpu.
- This requires you to put a whole new processor in. Why didn't you just
- purchase the better processor in the first place?
-
- Because we see that the 486SX prices are reasonable now, and we
- anticipate that 486DX prices will fall in the future to reasonable
- prices.
-
- And btw, you don't get to take the old processor out and sell it to
- recoupe the cost of the new one. The old cpu ends up being a space
- heater. What a _deal_.
-
- Not in my system. There's one CPU slot, and you can jumper select
- which CPU you have installed.
-
- >The SX is a bargain, the 487DX is a rip-off.
-
- If you think so then buy it. I'll buy the dx.
-
- I bought the SX. Please stop flaming about it, if you admit that
- there are good reasons to buy 486SX systems.
-
- Jay Carlson
- nop@theory.cs.mankato.msus.edu
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