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From: goykhman_a@apollo.HP.COM (Alex Goykhman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Building a 386?x system
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Date: 30 Nov 90 00:28:00 GMT
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Hi everybody,

I am seriously considering building a 386 system myself.
I do not expect to save any money, but rather to:

    gain some valueable (to me) experience
    get exactly the system I want
    have some fun in the process

With that in mind I am looking for a book/video/magazine
article(s) that would guide me through the process
(I have no previous PC experience).
Could somebody recommend one?

Also, I am going to run both MSDOS and Unix, so I need
to choose the right motherbord.  At this point compatibility
and reliability is more important to me than sheer performance.
There was a motherboard review in the April's Byte magazine,
but they mostly concentrated on performance and components.

Having read the latest issue of the Computer Shopper,
I can name five brand name motherboards that the PC "manufacturers"
love to show off:

    AMI, Micronics, Mylex, DTK, Orchid, DTK

Could somebody review them in terms of compatibility/reliability?
Are there any others that should be considered?

Thanks in advance,

Alex Goykhman