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From: siebeck@infoac.rmi.de (Wolfgang Siebeck )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DTK computers
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.103429.1354@infoac.rmi.de>
Date: 11 Mar 91 10:34:29 GMT
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laughner@composer.helios.nd.edu writes:

> 
> Msg-ID: <1991Mar8.212631.3398@news.nd.edu>
> Posted: 8 Mar 91 21:26:31 GMT
> 
> Org.  : University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
> Person: Tom Laughner
> 
> We are currently testing DTK's PCs (386SX, 386, and 486).

I had the PEMM 2500 (I think), 386, 25MHz, 64k Cache in use.

> How long have you been using them?

For about 6 months (see further down).

> Are you using them on a network?  If so, which one?

SUN PC-NFS, no problems, most of the drivers loaded high.

> Did you have any trouble getting it up and running?  

Troublefree installation, very good performance. BUT:

I had endless hazzle trying to run a ISDN-adapter. It run well under MSDOS,
but NOT UNDER UNIX. The problem seems to be, that the board cannot use
word-I/O on the port, e.g. something like OUTW. I swapped the board for a
OPTI-25, and no more trouble.

I guess, DTK will be ok under DOS, but of limited use under UNIX. Let me
repeat: The problem were only using one special add-on board, otherwise
I liked DTK very much.

> Are they reliable?

The board was running 6 months without switching power off. No problem.

-- 
siebeck@infoac.rmi.de (Wolfgang Siebeck)