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From: david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Anybody heard of this 486/25?
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.020045.15129@kessner.denver.co.us>
Date: 24 Jan 91 02:00:45 GMT
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Reply-To: kessner!david@csn.org (David D. Kessner)
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In article <1991Jan24.002823.2005@hoss.unl.edu> vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu (James M. VandeVegt) 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. 
>>Kevin D. Quitt         demott!kdq   kdq@demott.com
>
>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           |

I have ran across several 80-Data machines, most of them have been a lot of
trouble.  There was one 386/20 with a 16mhz CPU, another one had the BIOS and
DRAM chips with pins not in the sockets, and I have a 286/10 here that refuses
to boot (something wrong with the DMA).

Out of the hundreds of machines I have delt with this past year, I have found
	5 dead 80-Data's
	1 dead PS/2-70 motherboard
	1 dead Sperry (mitsubisi, or however you spell it)
	1 DOA Top Microsystems 386sx
	and no dead DTK's (and I see more of these than anything else).

Given that track record, I would not buy 80-Data.  I have also not had great
luck with any 386sx's for some reason but I dont know why (I have used about
10 in the past three months).

David Kessner		kessner!david@csn.org