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- From: gilem@aix.rpi.edu (Michael R. Gile)
- Subject: Re: Gateway/Micronics motherboards
- Message-ID: <m6r16sn@rpi.edu>
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <1992Nov09.205915.13560@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <12NOV199209011470@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov13.034617.14909@zeos.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:59:39 GMT
- Lines: 46
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- In article <1992Nov13.034617.14909@zeos.com> kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann) writes:
- >In article <12NOV199209011470@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov09.205915.13560@bmerh85.bnr.ca>, mengsoo@bnr.ca (Meng Soo)
- >>writes...
- >>
- >>>I remember reading a while ago that the Gateway motherboards are made by
- >>>Micronics. Is this the same Micronics motherboards you can by from various
- >>>mail order companies? Or is it made specifically for Gateway?
- >>
- >>>If it's made for Gateway, does anyone know if they sell JUST a motherboard?
- >
- >>Don't know if its the same Micronics motherboards which you can get "off-
- >>the-shelf" from the mail order houses - it might depend on what you are
- >>specifically looking for (processor, speed, bus type, etc.).
- >
- >The Gateway motherboard for the 486SX-33 has Gateway 2000 silkscreened to the
- >fiberglass/circuit board. Someone would need to post the specs on the Gateway
- >system and the Micronics motherboard. The 486SX-33 Local Bus system that I
- >had a chance to tear apart had a Local Bus IDE and Video Controller on the
- >moterboard and no open Local Bus slots. The Slots that were open were on
- >a passive back plane. I am not sure what the other Gateway motherboards
- >are like because I haven't had a chance to play with them. They are using
- >the Phoenix A486 BIOS similiar to ZEOS'.
- >
- >
- >The question in someones mind right now is "Why would I know this?".
- >Techs are curious sort of creatures that like to tear apart things and
- >see if they can get them to work after the parts are laying in a zillion
- >different places. If we succeed there are only a few screws left over.
- >
- >
- >I would guess from experience that the motherboards are different. But,
- >I am willing to admit that I am wrong.
- >
-
- I (somewhere) have the specs for both the g2000 motherboar (I own one)
- and the micronics VL-bus. As far as I can tell the specs are identical.
- in addition, the picture on the VL-bus specs looks identical to the
- g2000 motherboard. If there are any differences, I don't know of them,
- but I guess you could always call micronics and ask them.
-
-
- Mike Gile
- gilem@rpi.edu
- Computer Engineering Grad
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