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From: doug@bdt.UUCP (Doug Asherman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 386 questions
Keywords: 386 ems
Message-ID: <3698@bdt.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 90 00:45:19 GMT
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Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools
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I find myself in market for a 386 right now, and have found a 386sx 
(upgradeable to a regular 386) that sounds like a good deal.
However, I have some questions on it:

1) It has an Excel motherboard.  This, I believe, was made by Excel
in Sunnyvale, CA.  Does anyone know anything about these?

2) The ad states that the motherboard has an "EMS Device On Board."
I've heard rumors that these can cause compatibility problems that
software memory managers won't, and that you can't disable them.
Is this true?

3) I asked about replacing the hard disk (65MB) with a larger one
(80MB), and was told that the 80MB drive the store had in stock was
a Seagte SCSI drive.  I wasn't aware that there was such a beast (a 
friend of mine says that there isn't, and the salesmen if proabably 
mistaken.

And for you folks in and around San Francisco:

If there's anyone out there who knows of a reputable place in
the SF Bay Area where I could get a decent 386SX for about two grand,
I'd appreciate hearing about it.  It would be even better if it were
in the East Bay.

Lastly:  if your suggestion would be to try mail order, I'd really rather
not.  Thanks anyway.

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