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- From: rbsmith@sandia.gov (Randall B Smith)
- Subject: Gateway 4DX2-66V & -66E Queries
- Message-ID: <1993Jan19.155636.4442@cs.sandia.gov>
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- Organization: Sandia National Laboratories
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 15:56:36 GMT
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- Hello:
-
- I posted the following on 1/17/93. However, my mailbox was
- down through 1/18/93. Any mailed responses are lost. Please
- resend.
-
- Thanks!
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- It sounds like there is a lot of Gateway 486/66 experience
- out there. I have a few questions regarding both the
- 4DX2-66V AND 4DX2-66E models:
-
- Is the serial-i/o implemented with a 16550 style UART (one
- that contains 16-word fifos)?
-
- Can one disable the serial-i/o and parallel-i/o to support
- the use of the address space + irq for an i/o adpater card?
-
- How many pins are in the CPU expansion socket (169, 238 or xxx)?
- I am curious about support for the Pentium Overdrive chip.
-
- Has anyone had experience with the local bus SCSI option for
- the 66V? Please provide details (controller manufacturer, 500MB
- SCSI upgrade cost, Data Transfer Rate, Cache size provided on
- the controller, performance relative to motherboard IDE).
-
- How does a 66V with SCSI compare to the 66E?
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- In general, how does the 66E perform relative to the 66V?
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- Specific to 66E:
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- Is the SCSI interface on a local bus?
- Can it support an ATI Ultra Pro LB card in addition to the
- SCSI?
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- What is the Ultra Pro LB upgrade cost?
-
- I thought I understood Gateway's telephone "on-hold ad" to state
- 9.4 MB/m on the $195 Colorado Jumbo 250 tape upgrade. Does this
- upgrade include an accelerated controller? If not, is the
- accelerated controller available as an option?
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- Do both machines have a total of 4 simm sockets?
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- What is the cost of a single 16MB simm upgrade?
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- What is the ramdac & 2MB upgrade cost for the ATI Ultra Pro?
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- Thank you, I will summarize responses.
-
- Randall Smith - rbsmith@sandia.gov
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