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From: jlow@nntp-server.caltech.edu (J. Alan Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 386SX Motherboards
Summary: Interested in purchasing a 386SX motherboard
Keywords: IBM 386 SX MOTHERBOARD
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.040657.14550@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 91 04:06:57 GMT
Expires: 06-30-91
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I'm interested in purchasing a 386 SX motherboard.  I'll probably be buying
one of those "bare bones" systems which consist of only the motherboard, a
power supply and a case.  I already have a standard IBM running an NEC V20
processor and a CGA, and I hope to put all of this stuff into the 386.  

So I flipped through the THICK June issue of Computer Shopper and found so
lots of advertisements for 386SX motherboards.  LOTS of ads.  Prices range
from $340 all the way up to $380 for 16 and 20 MHz boards.  Case and power
supply adds about another $100.  

I haven't bought any PC equipment in over 2 years now, and I have no idea who
is a reputable dealer.  I also have no idea what the difference is between 
these boards (if any).  Are some of them faster?  Better built?  

If anyone has any suggestions as to who I should buy from, PLEASE e-mail
me or post.  

jlow@tybalt.caltech.edu

- J. Alan Low

P.S.  Do any of you know of a good Super VGA (1024 x 768) monitor that ALSO
      accepts NTSC signals (for use with a VCR)?