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From: robertsw@...!asuvax!gtephx (Wild Rider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why buy a DX over an SX?
Message-ID: <1991May15.162125.6532@...!asuvax!gtephx>
Date: 15 May 91 16:21:25 GMT
Organization: AG (formerly GTE) Comm. Sys., Phx, AZ
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	sorry, tried email, but (as usual) it bounced.  here's the message:

Date: Mon, 13 May 91 10:13:39 MDT
From: robertsw (Wild Rider)
Message-Id: <9105131613.AA06063@gtephx.com>
To: gtephx!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfcdj!hpfcjbv!jbv
Subject: Re: Why buy a DX over an SX?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
In-Reply-To: <34390002@hpfcjbv.HP.COM>
References: <14534@encore.Encore.COM>
Organization: AG (formerly GTE) Comm. Sys., Phx, AZ
Cc: 

	In article <34390002@hpfcjbv.HP.COM> you write:
>/ hpfcjbv:comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware / fdq@athena.mit.edu (Fred D Quintana)
>/  3:57 pm  Apr  9, 1991 /
>I just bought a 386 motherboard from ATronics International.  Here are the
>specs:
>
>	40Mhz
>	up to 8 megs on board
>	64k cache
>	AMI Bios (dated 2/1/91)
>	SIS chipset
>	6 16 bit slots, 2 8 bit slots
>	AMD 386-DXL CPU (Not Intel!)
>	Cost:  $825
>
>This board screams!  Norton SI (5.0) reports 42.1! 
>
>I would strongly recommend this board over a 386DX-25.  It only costs perhaps
>$100-200 dollars more and it is fast!
>
>Fred
>
	ok, where did you get this "mother of all motherboards" :-) from?
	i mean, post the phone number, address, all that good stuff so others
	can order it, too.

	will it work in a standard ibm pc-xt chassis?  how much memory did
	it come with?  detail, details, pull-lease!

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	cheers,
	wr (wild rider)
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