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In article <ah.726418285@dolphin.doc.ic.ac.uk>, km3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Konstantinos Moutsopoulos) writes:
|> I came across an advert for cheap motherboards. The make appears
|> as L-ISA-486s (UNI). Has any of you seen or used anything like
|> that ? How much can I trust it ? Some features:
|> SiS ISA single chip
|> baby size board   
|> AMI 486 ISA BIOS
|> 6 ISA slots, 1 Opti local bus slot
|> 
|> Thanks in advance.
|> -- 
|> Dinos N. Moutsopoulos, Applied Systems Section 
|> s-mail: Dpt of Computing,Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK
|> Tel. +44 71  5895111 ext. 7522 - fax:+44 71 581 8024  e-mail: km3@doc.ic.ac.uk


I have also seen this article and have a few questions:

1. What is the Opti Local Bus Slot (VESA? VL-Bus?)

2. I see all the motherboards use 70nS RAM, how can this be??

3. If the choice were between a DX33 and a DX2-50, which is the best buy

4. Would I need a chip cooler (fan) and if so where can I get one in the UK?

5. The prices for the board with no RAM are as follows (in pounds sterling)

   SX25     244
   DX33     374
   DX2-50   404
   DX2-66   454

  How do these compare stateside? (I think the exchange rate is about 
  $1.55 = 1 pound)

6. Is the 486DX2-66 a reliable part?

7. Is the AMI bios, SIS chipset a good one? I have heard of problems
   with various 486 boards when used with Adaptec 1542s and SBPros,
   both of which I have!

8. Has anyone bought one?

Please EMail or post soon as I have money burning a hole in my pocket, 
but don't want to waste it on rubbish!!!

Cheers,

Lee