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- From: 93gke@williams.edu (oldwanda)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: The Best system!
- Date: 11 Dec 1992 21:03:28 GMT
- Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA
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- In article <Dec.11.13.46.41.1992.8023@pilot.njin.net> hardgrov@pilot.njin.net (Roy Hardgrove) writes:
- >1). The Cyrix CPU cost little more than the 486SX chip yet I expect it
- >will yield significantly better performance over the SX. The Cyrix
- >does take advantage of the 486 reduced instruction set. Plus you can
- >pick them up for about $360.00 on a multiboard!
-
- Cyrix uses a 1K internal cache. Intel uses an 8K cache.
- An upgradeable 486 board w/ SX costs less than a "multiboard" w/ Cyrix.
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- >reaches the best new solution: The DX2-100 will be readily
- >installable on the multiboard since it is configured to handle the
- >Intel 486DX-50 chip.
-
- There won't be a DX2-100. Too hot. Forget 50Mhz motherboards, you
- don't need them. Go directly to 66-DX2 with a 33Mhz board.
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- >3). I was intrigued by Local Bus, but have finally decided that as
- >fads come and go, ISA will always be around (at least for the next five
- >years).
-
- That doesn't mean it's better.
- Anyway, Local Bus motherboards have plenty of ISA slots. And they are
- only $100 more. If you use windows, its worth it.
-
- >On my 386/40 which has the AMI bios, I have my Clk2 (which
- >controls the bus speed) set at 20Mhz--reliably!!
-
- Try going at 33Mhz like local bus does.
-
- >drive which I bought from HITECH (1(800) 922-2554) for $299.00 for the
- >drive (210MB Rodime--new!!!!!)
-
- This can't be right.
-
- >... Please remember however, this is my
- >opinion and you are certainly entitled to yours.
-
- Why thank you!
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