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- Path: sparky!uunet!coplex!digund!copernicus
- From: copernicus@digund.uucp (Copernicus)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Motherboards with OPT
- Message-ID: <807.182.uupcb@digund.uucp>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 16:56:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Digital Underground - PRIVATE
- Reply-To: copernicus@digund.uucp (Copernicus)
- Lines: 46
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- >>TE>I am about to upgrade my 286 to a 386DX40 with OPTI chipset.
- >> >I have seen a lot of postings about problems with OPTI chipsets
- >> >with soundblaster, OS/2 etc.
- >>
- >>TE>OPTI chipsets are well know and widely used. I am not likely to use
- >> >OS/2 or Soundbalster (at least in the near future). However, I really
- >> >need to use windows and various dos application.
- >>
- >>TE>Is OPTI chipsets generally known as reliable and compatible with other
- >> >hardware and most software? I'll apprectiate any opinions and experience
- >> >on OPTI chipsets.
- >>
- >>If you could please e-mail me a summary
- >>
- >>Thanks
- >>
- >>Chris Nalley - copernicus@digund.uucp
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- >> . QMPro 1.0 03-1234 . Digital Underground - Linux Support Board - 812-941-
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- LH>I've been receiving responses from people in the OS/2 newsgroup about OPTi a
- >OS/2 compatibility. No one is complaining about any problems, and they have
- >been running OS/2 for months. I don't remember if anyone was using Unix or
- >not, but since I'm currently interested in OS/2, Unix compatibility isn't a
- >big factor right now.
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- LH>One person was also using a Soundblaster, and someone had also used ESDI, SC
- >and IDE drives (300+ MB) without any problems.
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- LH>Hope this helps.
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- LH>--
- >Les Hartzman hartzman@kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov
- >Jet Propulsion Laboratory M/S 238-528 (818) 354-5964
- >4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA. 91109
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- Thanks for the reply. I plan on getting one in the next week.
-
- Thanks again.
-
- Chris Nalley
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