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From: vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu (James M. VandeVegt)
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Subject: Re: Anybody heard of this 486/25?
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Date: 24 Jan 91 00:28:23 GMT
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In article <1991Jan23.023353.16754@demott.com> kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
>    Just got a flyer from PC House, and one of the items they have is a
>"80 data" 486/25 motherboard.  With 4MB/8K cache it's $1490, and $190
>for another 1208K of cache.  They also want $49.50 for 1MB SIPs. 
>    Has anyone heard of these folks, or of that motherboard?  Are these
>prices reasonable/too good to be true?
>Kevin D. Quitt         demott!kdq   kdq@demott.com
>DeMott Electronics Co. 14707 Keswick St.   Van Nuys, CA 91405-1266
>VOICE (818) 988-4975   FAX (818) 997-1190  MODEM (818) 997-4496 PEP last

I haven't and that seems like a hell of a lot of computer for
the money; your statement might be right--too good to be true, I
would be very skeptical and ask a lot of questions.  I assume you meant
to say 128K additional cache.  The price for the SIPs seems reasonable.

| James M. VandeVegt             |  University of Nebraska           |
| vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu       |  Computer Science and Engineering |
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