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From: steveb@cs.utexas.edu (Steve Benz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 386SX Drop in Board
Summary: cheaper than the inboard?
Keywords: Still looking
Message-ID: <327@hedora.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 89 19:41:57 GMT
References: <96@opus.ATT.COM> <473@zinn.MV.COM> <249@ubbs-nh.MV.COM>
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In article <249@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel Del More) writes:
>... AOX does have a drop in 386SX board for the pc/at..
>Price quoted was in th $700 - 800 range.
>
>Noel

$700-800???  Geez, might as well buy an inboard for that money.

IMHO, A drop in card isn't really that great an alternative until the price
goes below half of the inboard's cost.  And, as somebody pointed out in a
prior article, at that price, support costs could very well eat up the
profits.

					- Steve