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From: ca_bt@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: more cheap 386 boxes
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Date: 7 Nov 89 18:13:16 GMT
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In the October 30 issue of PC Week, there is an ad for cheap 386 and 386SX
>machines from an outfit called Memory Masters.  Has anyone used any of their
>systems before?  I called them up and asked them what the difference is
>between exists between their 25mhz 386 boxes (they offer one both a cached
>and non-cached model) but the salesman I talked to didn't know a thing other
>than one had a cache.  I asked them waht motherboard they used and he said
>something about "Beaver" (okay, I probably heard it incorrectly).  Can 
>anyone point me to a good, cheap 386 box?  Thanks.

>- Winston M. Llamas

I think you heard correctly.  Beaver is a small motherboard manufacturer
from the heart of Silicon Valley - Sunnyvale CA.  I have no affiliation
with them but I do have a generic '286 machine with their motherboard
and an AMI BIOS which has worked fine for 2 years now.

					Bill Tsang
					U of Chicago GSB