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From: fordke@ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 286 clone
Keywords: clone, 286, pc
Message-ID: <7321@ingr.com>
Date: 7 Nov 89 22:30:41 GMT
References: <112@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: fordke@ingr.UUCP (Keith Ford x8614)
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, Al
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In article <112@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> salmassr@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM (Samer Almassri) writes:
>I am interested in putting a 286 clone together, but I can't seem to decide
>which motherboard to use.  There are a lot of makes out there, at widely

I have recently purchased 286-12MHz and 286-16MHz kits from Jameco
Electronics.  They are in a kit form, no soldering iron required.
They have worked flawlessly! :)  They use AMI (or was it Award?)
BIOS and the 16MHz has the NEAT chipset.

>Also what is what is the difference between static and dynamic RAM?

Most simply from an application point of view, the static RAM can maintain
it's data when connected to a low current source such as a battery.  This
allows data stored there to remain, even after the machine is turned off.

Jameco @ 415-592-8121  (I am not in any way associated with Jameco,
                        just a happy customer.)
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