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From: ganzer@cod.NOSC.MIL (Mark T. Ganzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: the death of the All Charge Card
Message-ID: <1981@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 28 Jun 90 15:34:47 GMT
References: <1990Jun26.212154.2980@amd.com>
Reply-To: ganzer@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Mark T. Ganzer)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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X-Local-Date: 28 Jun 90 08:34:47 PDT

In article <1990Jun26.212154.2980@amd.com> phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>
>For people who want to do multi-tasking with DV or such, why
>would you spend $300(list) on an ACC when you could get an
>entire 16 Mhz 386SX mother board for about the same amount of
>money?
>

Don't always assume the same path works best for everybody. In my case, I
have a Zenith 248. I had 2.5 MB of extended memory boards for it laying
around, and an AST Rampage 286 installed in the machine with 2MB. The
Zenith boards are NOT ISA compatable (they have what looks like a 32 bit
bus). So to upgrade, I either have the choice of a Zenith upgrade
(expensive, as the memory boards get pitched), replace with a 386
motherboard, or an All Charge card (not really an upgrade, but makes
Desqview run a lot nicer). Even using a 386SX motherboard, I have
to pitch 2.5MB in Zenith cards, so add that to the cost of the motherboard.
Also add the cost of a coprocessor chip (app. $320 for a 387SX), and the
resulting price tag is quite a bit higher. 

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