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From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Buying a 386
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Date: 30 May 90 17:39:34 GMT
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In article <30299@cup.portal.com> Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes) writes:
>  I am planning on buying a 386 IBM-compatible computer.  I can put it
>from speed, of buying a 386SX-16MHz compared to buying a 386-20MHz.  I
>
The price of SX support cards will be much cheaper due to the narrower bus.
I think you may also be able to use off-the-shelf AT cards until SX-specific
cards are made.			-ted-

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