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From: jdb@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Brian W.K. Hook)
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Subject: Re: DTK Motherboards
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Date: 22 Nov 90 04:06:52 GMT
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I have worked on and used a plethora of DTK boards, and to be honest, I don't
like them.  The DTK BIOS is not too wonderful (as a matter of fact, the last
time I checked it couldn't run OS/2).  The board has had bus-timing problems
and synchronization problems with some video cards, and it has a hard time
with certain hard drives getting up to speed (specifically the DTK 286-16 
and ST277R 65MB RLL Seagate).

On another note, here in Gainesville (a rather small town) there are FIVE
DTK dealers.  DTK used to be pretty big back in the mid-Eighties, but have
since lost their technical edge.  Thus they are trying to undercut and
sell quantity at low prices.  Quality control has DEFINITELY suffered.
And the reason I mentioend that FIVE dealers are in town shows that DTK
does not really deal with big manufacturers.  They sell all their equipment
at dirt prices to distributors, who in turn indiscriminately sell to retailers
that are going simply for bottom dollar.

As far as replacement motherboards, price and performancer wise Jameco and
JDR Microdevices are supposed to have rather nice boards.  But the best in
the industry have got to be either Micronics or Mylex.