Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!yoshida From: yoshida@hpfcso.HP.COM (Stuart Yoshida) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Latest offering from DAK: advice and query Message-ID: <15660001@hpfcso.HP.COM> Date: 12 Nov 90 16:04:50 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA Lines: 35 ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes: > >[DAK]If you are in the market for a computer, you may want to seriously > >consider their 386SX product, simply because of the software that > >comes bundled with it. The computer appears to be a very ordinary > >machine,... > ---------------------------- > Look at the height of the machine in the picture. Does it look like it's > tall enough to take standard expansion cards? > The "gotcha" may be non-expandability. > -ted- The cards in the BSR 386SX are inserted horizontally instead of vertically. That's a trick that many "slimline" machines use. There are 3 open slots available on the DAK/BSR machine. I have been using the BSR 386SX for about 3 months now, and I'm satisfied with its performance, features, and cost. However, if you're not a software and/or hardware hacker, you may not want this machine. Although DAK has a hardware and software support line, for detailed questions they're pretty worthless. So IMHO you have to be comfortable with a screwdriver and taking apart the machine to root around inside if you're thinking about upgrading (adding memory or putting in a high performance graphics card) or reading notes a lot to glean information about DOS/Windows/etc. -- Stuart "La vida de paz." --Yolocamba-i-ta' UUCP: {hp-sdd, hp-pcd, csu-cs, edison, hplabs}!hpfcla!yoshida Internet: yoshida%hpfcla@hplabs.HP.COM VOICE: (303) 229-2324