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From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga)
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Subject: Re: I wanna buy one (a 386/?) - Summary (very long)
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Date: 10 Nov 90 18:47:48 GMT
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In article <51370009@hpindda.cup.hp.com> rajs@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Rajeev Seth) writes:
>A very important thing to consider before buying a 386 system is the name
>of the motherboard manufacturer. (This was omitted by the original poster)
>I believe AMI is the best board around
>for its proven quality and compatibility with most software and is worth
>paying the extra $500 or so above the Taiwanese made boards. What is the
>opinion of others on this?

I had the opprortunity of trying out ISC's UNIX on a some 
motherboards (Micronics, DTK and a generic Taiwanese) combined with a
variety of peripherals.   The motherboards were the least of my
problems.  ESDI controllers and video adaptor were the real hassle.

My uneducated guess is that since most of these no-name  boards are
based on the same chipset (C&T) compatibility can be taken for
granted.  They don't have to do much desinging to come out with a
generic AT-bus 386.