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- Subject: Advice about 486 purchase...
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- From: $dougn@sasb.byu.edu (Douglas R. Nebeker - MIS_SAS)
- Date: 28 Aug 92 15:58:49 -0700
- Organization: Brigham Young University
- Keywords: 486 sx Diamond Stealth connor Opti
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- I have found a great deal (locally) on a 486sx 25 system and would like some
- input about my choice of components.
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- The system is a 486sx 25, 4 meg RAM, with a 170meg Connor drive, a Diamond
- Stealth video card and a Minimicro (Samsung) SVGA monitor (interlaced at
- 1024x768).
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- Has anyone ever used a Stealth and a Minimicro before?
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- The 486sx motherboard doesn't have a cache (besides the internal 8 K cache
- that all 486's have [is this true?]). Would there be a huge performance
- increase with a 256K (external?) cache?
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- What are the possibilities of changing the crystal on the board to, say, 33
- MHz for future upgrades?
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- Is there anything to watch for with the IDE controller card??
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- I haven't invested much in a computer before, so I want to be sure that I'm
- getting a good deal.
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- ANY input would be VERY appreciated (you can mail directly to me).
-
- THANKS!
-