Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!bellcore!nontech!lestat From: lestat@nontech.Berkeley.EDU (David Gonzalez-Nieves) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: system configuration Message-ID: <25454@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 18 Jul 90 13:25:37 GMT Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: lestat@nontech.Berkeley.EDU (David Gonzalez-Nieves) Organization: Bellcore Lines: 41 In article <813@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> kleonard@gvlv1.UUCP (Ken Leonard) writes: > >I am about to acquire a new system, a 386SX clone. It will be running >DOS4.01 and WINDOWS3.0. It will be one of two brands (tbd in the next 2 or >3 days): AUSTIN or ZEOS. In article <1559@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu> jackson@dfsun1.electro.swri.edu (Keith Jackson) answers: >Well, if you really want a 386SX (can't wait to save for a true 386? tsk, >tsk!) I wouldn't recommend Austin. I've got one of their 286's and I've >had nothing but trouble with it. The first month I took it in _THREE_ >times because of bad memory boards (I found out later that one of the times... I bought an AUSTIN 386SX about 6 months ago and, I haven't had any kind of problems with it whatsoever. I consider it to be an excellent system well built and at least up to now, reliable. The only thing not so nice about it is that since they use SIMMs for memory, if one chip goes down, you loose the whole memory bank (256K or 1MEG). Also the IDE hard disk and interface work really nice but, they are not as common as MFM ST506 or ESDI, SCSI. Another thing If you decide to buy one of this systems and are going to buy VGA monitor, buy one with at least 800x600 resolution. ------------------------------------------------- David Gonzalez lestat@ctt.bellcore.com Bellcore RRC 1M207S 444 Hoes Lane Piscatway, NJ 08854 VOICE (201) 699-6387 ------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Bellcore is not responsible for anything I say, write or think if they can be sued. I am not resposible for anything I say, write or even thing if I can be su ed. (Doesn't have any logic!!!)