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From: kipp@gistdev.gist.com (Kipp Kreft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Sources of 486 MB wanted
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Date: 1 Feb 91 16:21:56 GMT
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jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes:

>In article <1991Jan30.124428.1@dev3b.mdcbbs.com> faulkner@dev3b.mdcbbs.com writes:
>>I am looking for 486 motherboard distributors and manuf.  If you know of any
>>both reliable and ones to stay away from it would be appreciated.
>>This message may be a duplicate (sorry).

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>Micronics and Mylex both advertise in Byte Magazine or PC Magazine.  They
>are very reputable.  I have a friend who is a seriously good technician
>and he says to stay away from DTK or AMI motherboards.  AMI's tend to lose
>their CMOS information and DTK's are unreliable and incompatible.

>If you are looking for someone to sell you a motherboard as an enduser then
>call a local merchant and see what they can do.  I haven't seen a Mylex or
>Micronics board mail order yet!

>Brian

Gateway 2000 uses only Micronics motherboards (at least my 386-33 does).
I assume, but don't know for a fact, that they use Micronics in the 486 also.

Kipp                      kipp@gistdev.gist.com