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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ALR PowerFlex 486 upgrade (was Re: Brain-dead 286 - summary)
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Date: 17 Mar 90 20:56:02 GMT
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ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries) writes:
> One of the PC Mags had a review about 1-2 months ago.  Basically from
> what I remember of the review, the PowerFlex 486 was equal in performance
> to the compared Compaq 386 33Mh machine.  The 16-bit bus does take its
> toll, though, especially in memory access.  In fact, I believe the
> 486 was actually SLOWER in memory access times than the 286 or 386 PF.
>
> But, the bottom line was for a very low price, you could have a very
> nice upgrade path or a decently priced i486 machine.  Of course, if you
> read the ALR stuff, the chip "add-on options" are not limited to
> the 386SX or the i486 -- at least they say they are working on "other"
> options.  BTW, I have an ALR PF 286.  At least out here, if you buy
> one before March 31st, they will throw in the 386 board "free".

Maybe ALR will produce a 20 MHz 386SX card and drop the 16 MHz one after Intel
releases the 20 MHz 386SX's.  That would be a nice edition to the PowerFlex
upgrades.  
 
     // JCA

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