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From: tomf@cms2.UUCP (Tom Fortner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: AMI MotherBoards
Keywords: ami motherboards
Message-ID: <313@cms2.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 90 18:31:54 GMT
References: <269ec77e-31fccomp.ibmpc@ddsw1.MCS.COM# <10856@chaph.usc.edu>
Organization: Christian Medical & Dental Society
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In article <10856@chaph.usc.edu# dwu@alcor.usc.edu (Daniel Wu) writes:
#In article <269ec77e-31fccomp.ibmpc@ddsw1.MCS.COM> akcs.gregc@ddsw1.MCS.COM (*Greg*) writes:
#>
#>Touch (A computer corporation in IL.) Says that an AMI MotherBoard is more
#>compatible than others.  Is this true?
#>
#>Do I really have to buy a AMI (Based MotherBoard) to get the best in
#>compatibility?  (For the 386 line of course)  Can I just buy a computer
#>that has the complete chip set of the AMI MotherBoard?
#>
#>Please, send me Private mail since not to many people may be interested in
#>this.  But, you could do both just to be on the safe side.  Mail me Private
#>and express your Opinion.
#>
#
#Please post. I'm interested, and I'm sure other people are interested in 
#this too.  I've been considering buying a UNIX box, and would
#like a 386 (25 or 33Mhz) cache system.  Gateway sounds like a good deal,
#but I think I can save a few bucks putting it together myself.  Thus
#I'm also interested in the most compatible 386 motherboards available.
#
#After calling AMI, I found out that the AMI Mark III motherboard has just 
#become available.  It's a 386 board but can be upgradable to a 486.  I 
#believe AMI introduced this latest motherboard at Comdex.  
#
#If anyone out there has any experiences or opinions about these AMI mother-
#boards (or any other 386 motherboards) in regards to compatibility,
#please post.
#

If you build it yourself, don't make the mistake we made. Our Micronics 386
motherboard allows no on-board RAM of any kind. We have 8MB on a 32 bit
daughterboard, but that is all it can hold. To help this situation, we added
a CompuAdd ESDI 4MB controller card, which stores data as well as instructions,
but it cannot process. You need one MB of ram per user node, don't under-
populate your RAM, and buy a big, fast hard drive. It will save your doing
it over in a few months.
Tom


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