Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucla-cs!valeria.cs.ucla.edu!wales From: wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Buying a 386: 33 MHz problems, C&T chipset problems? (followup) Message-ID: <1991Jan22.042715.12198@cs.ucla.edu> Date: 22 Jan 91 04:27:15 GMT References: <1991Jan17.081458.3191@cs.ucla.edu> Sender: news@cs.ucla.edu (Mr. News) Reply-To: wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: valeria.cs.ucla.edu In article <1991Jan17.081458.3191@cs.ucla.edu> I asked for comments on the recommendation of a dealer that I should: (1) avoid 33-MHz 386's in general, because of engineering problems; (2) avoid the Chips & Technologies (C&T) chip set, because of flakiness at high speeds; and (3) get a 386 motherboard with support for a 287 coprocessor, because 287's are much less expensive than 387's. Virtually everyone who replied to me agreed that the dealer in question was "dead wrong" on all the above points, and that I should disregard his advice across the board. Thanks to all who commented, either via e-mail or in this newsgroup. -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683 "I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause."