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From: phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: How good are mail order companies?
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Date: 8 Nov 89 20:03:27 GMT
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>days ago I just bought a 386-25 Mhz motherboard (true 25 mhz) 

> I got a receipt with the system item list printed. One of the lines 
> said "25 mhz system board (20 Mhz CPU)". 
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The same thing happened to me with SAI technology a mail order firm from
Connecticut.
But they did not bother telling me that they were pushing the chip !!!

I bought a 12 Mhz portable (Sharp type with LCD screen) 0 wait states from 
them this summer. Yesterday i open it to put in a 80287. What do i see ?
THE PROCESSOR IS AN 80286-10 !!!! They make it clock at 12 Mhz.

Either they do it knowingly or they messed up. I did notice that the 
SI was running 13.2 instead of 13.7 on my desktop. I don't know if 
this is the reason why or just that the baby-board is not designed as 
well as my desktop board (Compu-add).

Anyway i am going to call them and report what they have to say about that.
I did pay a premium for 12 over 10 Mhz.

Eric