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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DTK Motherboards
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Date: 18 Nov 90 23:16:01 GMT
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jsavage@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Julian Savage) writes:
>I am considering buying a DTK brand motherboard, mainly because the price is  
>right, but I would like to find out from anyone with first-hand experience
>just how reliable they are, and also what brand the relevant chips on the 286@16
>and 386@16 boards are. Please either Email me or post to this newsgroup. 

I would not buy a DTK motherboard because of the problems documented in going
in and out of protected mode on the 386.  Their 286 boards aren't that great
because some of the later versions only support expanded memory.  Makes things
really nice if you want to run MicroPort Unix or SCO Xenix 286.

The problem with DTK's 386 motherboards is so well documented that Novell has
an official patch to make Netware run on a DTK 386 motherboard.  Not good, if
Novell acknowledges that there's a problem, then there's a series problem!

Look into another manufacturer of motherboard please!  You'll thank yourself
later.
 
     // JCA

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