NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/hardware/24330

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Subject: Re: Recommendations wanted for configurations for fast 486 system
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Date: 15 Sep 92 15:44:15 GMT
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[e-mail] writes:

>I'm planning to buy a 486 system for home use where I want fast Windows
>performance, a high quality (probably 17" or larger) color monitor, fast
>disk I/O, a high quality laser printer, high-speed (fax)modem and a
>reliable tape backup subsystem. I've been talking with a number of
>salespeople & friends, and so far this is what I've come up with:
>   486/50 DX cpu w/256K cache


What kind motherboard you are going to use? As far as I know, the current
fashion is local bus based graphic card. But there are many types of local bus
implementation and I am not sure there is a standard around. If you choose
a motherboard without local bus, you may not get the high video
performance that desired; If you select a mother board with local bus, you
have to take the risk that the motherboard you have may not be supported
for a long time especially when you decide to go to a new operation system
like NT, OS/2, UNIX/PC, etc.

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-DJ