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From: doherty@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 386 Sx & 387 maths chip (16 Mhz)  or 386/25 and no maths chip ??
Message-ID: <6585.26a7b1cc@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 21 Jul 90 01:37:16 GMT
Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin
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I am involved in setting up a micro-computer lab for general student use
in a university. The intention is to have a 486 based server and workstations
consisting of floppy drive 386Sxs all running under 3+Open. Each of the
workstations will also have a 387 Sx math chip. The network will be ethernet
bases and be bridged to the campus    ethernet to permit TCP/IP access to other 
College machines.
It has now been suggested that we should consider using workstations based on
386 DXs but without math chips to cut costs. The suggestion is that math chips
can be added in a later stage     when their cost will have dropped and that
386/25s will be a better long term investment.
I would be grateful for any advice or comments on this project.

Michael Doherty, Assistant Director, Computer Lab, University of Dublin,
Trinity College, Dublin 2. Tel 353-1-772941 x 1751, Fax 353-1-792587