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From: akcs.larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How good are these 386 mail order companies??
Message-ID: <[25596b56:212.2]comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 89 12:27:25 GMT
References: <48@bucsb.UUCP> <340014@hpsgpa.HP.COM>
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>I write just to say "Beware when people claim true 25 mhz". A few
>days ago I just bought a 386-25 Mhz motherboard (true 25 mhz) for
>about the same price. After I wrote them the check, I got a receipt
>with the system item list printed. One of the lines said "25 mhz
>system board (20 Mhz CPU)". What happened was: the 386 CPU is a 20 mhz
>rated unit, but the chipset is 25 mhz rated. And they wanted a few

I am running my system at 25mhz (and am considering pushing it to
30 mhz) using a 20 mhz CPU and 4 megs of 80ns ram with 0 wait states
without a single problem.  I've been running SCO 2.3.2 for months -
supporting various IO cards - .
 
Larry