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- From: chiu@alumni.berkeley.edu
- Subject: Re: Diamond's new motherboard?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.211907.3561@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
- Summary: Diamond's VESA local bus MB
- Originator: chiu@alumni
- Sender: nntp@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU (NNTP Poster)
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- Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers
- References: <TIBBS.92Dec12015019@karazm.math.uh.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:19:07 GMT
- Lines: 17
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- In article <TIBBS.92Dec12015019@karazm.math.uh.edu> tibbs@math.uh.edu (Jason L Tibbitts III) writes:
- >In this month's Computer Shopper, Cornell Computers is advertising (page
- >108) systems based on the new Diamond VESA local bus ISA motherboard. They
- >don't quote specs on the board except to mention Flash BIOS and 128 MB of
- >total ram. Does anyone have any more information on the board? I'm
- >assuming that it's not available yet.
-
- It isn't available yet, and it's based on C&T's chip set. Second hand source
- indicated that it's not expected to become available until at least late
- first quarter of 1993. Again, since this info is second hand, do take it with
- a grain of salt.
-
- BTW, I think they were showing it at the past comdex...
-
- >BTW, the advertised packages are really attractive, costing by my estimate
- >over $500 less that a comparable Gateway system.
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