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Re: ��500+MHz system for home use��

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From: Rob Williams
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 00:00
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But what good are those 64bit slots right now?   Does anyone know if the NT
5 beta has 64 bit driver support?

Rob Williams
RobCo Incorporated


Joe Ogiba wrote in message ...
>$3,549 for a 500mhz is not so high since 300mhz PII's are almost that
>high.See Enorex.com for prices of 433mhz models for about $2800.
>And I have not seen a Pentium MB with 64-bit PCI slots but the Enorex
>systems do have them.
>
>                                   Joe
>
>Henrik wrote in message <344793C9.1D8035FF@iinet.net.au>...
>>Hi bud,
>>
>>Have you checked the prices on Alpha CPU's and main boards ? Or do you
have
>>$$$ falling out of  mouth - or are you just rambling! If you are not you
>>might be better off getting DEC system !
>>
>>FYI While you are at it why not getting 10.000 rpm's drives with a 14+mb/s
>>transfer instead of the slower Atlas II ?! You may even want to check out
>>the Fiber Channel
>>or the new 64-bit Adaptec cards coming next year ( don't tell me your
video
>>card is 128 bit - i'll scream!
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>Henrik
>>
>>PS: Sorry I couldn't hep my self! ;-)
>>
>>mmkc@ace-net.com.au wrote:
>>
>>> hello,
>>>   This is what my new system going to have:
>>> #9 Revolution3D AGP video card
>>> AVerMedia TV-Phone
>>> Plextor 20x CD ROM
>>> USR Courier 56.6
>>> AWE64 Gold
>>> Quantun AtlasII SCSI 9.1GB
>>> 64MB SDRAM
>>> Adaptec 2940UW SCSI
>>>
>>> This computer going to be a home use only. Since, I don't think I will
>>> upgrade my comp in a number of years so I would to get a processor
>>> with
>>> 500MHz or something like that e.g Alpha... Any suggestions on which
>>> processor, motherboard etc. I should get?
>>>
>>> please reply via e-mail as well at...
>>> mmkc@ace-net.com.au
>>>
>>> thank you
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
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From: "Rob Williams" <rob@robco-inc.com>
Subject: Re: ��500+MHz system for home use��
Date: 1997/10/20
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