Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:10059 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:9408 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!mig From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Subject: Re: DTK keen 3304, 386, 33MHz system Message-ID: <1991Jun5.003150.11633@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Keywords: Performance Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) Organization: Columbia University References: <1991May22.180155.28443@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1991 00:31:50 GMT In article skipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp) writes: >amitava@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Amitava Das) writes: > >> i am planning to buy a DTK, 80386, 33MHz system. can someone comment on >> their performance and problems. any suggestion is highly welcome. >> > >I'd stay away from DTK. I've had several bad experiences with their BIOS >chips and their motherboard designs in general. I cannot tell you for >sure if they are still selling the original 386DX motherboards they >did a year ago, but I can tell you they stunk - the kicker was - one >day I called DTK asking for distributors of their RAM cards (DTK uses >a proprietary edge configuration on their cards), and they told me >they no longer manufactured them, BUT, they still were manufacturing >the motherboards that used them. That kind of customer support >I can do without. > >Skip Which motherboards WOULD you recommend? * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green * * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * * ======================= meir@msb.com