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- From: coulman@cs.Usask.CA (Randy Coulman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: ...? Gate2K 486-66 VLB ??
- Date: 11 Dec 1992 19:16:10 GMT
- Organization: University of Saskatchewan
- Lines: 61
- Sender: coulman@skorpio (Randy Coulman)
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- References: <1992Dec6.234551.952@bnr.ca>
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- In article <1992Dec6.234551.952@bnr.ca>, tracyb@bnr.ca (Tracy Blomquist) writes:
- >I'm considering buying a Gateway 2000 486-66 VLB with the ATI Pro
- >and all the other goodies. I called them and had a chat with a
- >rep re the machine. Some questions arose which I would like to
- >get straight answers to:
- >
- I just ordered the DX-33V system, so I can answer at least one of
- your questions.
-
- >1. The rep said the integrated serial ports use either the 8250 or
- >16450 UARTs (both 1 byte buffers). Can these [easily] be replaced
- >by 16550s? Have they gone and integrated the UART, tranceivers, etc.
- >into some type of single package that prevents you from replacing
- >the UARTS?
- >
-
- I asked about this. My rep said that the 16450 was socketed and thus
- easily replaceable. If this turns out to not be true, I'll be very
- upset.
-
- >2. Is the integrated parallel port bi-directional?
- >
-
- I have no idea about this one.
-
- >2a. Are the serial/parallel ports really even integrated into the
- >motherboard as the rep stated?
- >
-
- Or this one.
-
- >3. Does/Can it use standard 4Mx9 SIMMs?
- >
-
- I assume this is possible, but I'm not positive. I was quoted a price
- of $350 for an extra 8MB in my system (just over $40/MB) which I thought
- was quite good considering the recent price hikes and the like.
-
- >4. Overall, is it good, or no?
- >
-
- I think they're good. They seem to be the only computer manufacturer
- that is expanding rather than cutting back these days.
-
- >--
- >Thanks,
- >,----------------------,------------------------.---------------------,
- >| Karl Tracy Blomquist | E-MAIL: tracyb@bnr.ca | Fax: 1-613-765-4018 |
- >| P.S.C. Consultant | ENVOY: T.BLOMQUIST | Ph: 1-613-765-4886 |
- >`----------------------'------------------------'---------------------'
- >| Bell-Northern Research, P.O.Box 3511, Stn C, Ottawa, Ont., K1Y-4H7 |
- >`---------------------------------------------------------------------'
-
-
- Hope this helps,
- Randy
- --
- Randy A. Coulman | ARIES Laboratory
- Research Assistant | Department of Computational Science
- | University of Saskatchewan
- coulman@cs.Usask.ca | Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W0
-