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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Anybody heard of this 486/25?
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.183154.2523@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 25 Jan 91 18:31:54 GMT
References: <1991Jan23.023353.16754@demott.com> <1112@applix.com> <1991Jan25.173424.26792@demott.com>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1112@applix.com> scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes:
>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. 
>
>Is the $1000 486 cpu chip included?  Are the SIPs supposed to be for this
>board?  It takes SIPPs and not SIMMs?

$1000 for a 486?  Why would anyone pay $1000.  Two months ago I paid
$450 for the 486 (B5) to plug into my MB.  Why pay more?  If someone is
charging $1000 for a 486, then someone's making an enormous markup.

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Kaleb Keithley                        kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

As of right now, I'm in charge here now...                  Alexander Haig.
Voodoo Economics, that's what it is, voodoo economics.      George Bush