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Article #20159Re: Maximus EISA/VL-Bus system
From: Jon Cargille
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:13
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:13
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In article <1992Dec31.233940.28309@cc.umontreal.ca> roypat@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Roy Patrick) writes: >Looking through Computer Shopper I found what seems to be a good >deal from Maximus (p. 350). But before buying it, I would >appreciate some comments about the system and the company. > >Maxi-EV, EISA/VL-Bus > >Combination EISA and VL-Bus (2 slots) mother board >8MB 32bit RAM (70ns), expandable to 128MB >256K ultra-fast writeback cache memory >True 32bit EISA hard disk controller, > super-fast 4.125MB/sec data transfert rate >212MB Super-quick 12ms IDE hard disk, (Western Digital) > with 64K 30%-faster look-ahead cache buffer >15" Flatscreen SVGA-NI, 1280x1024, 72hz > (I forgot to ask but from the ad it seems to be a MAG) When I called and asked about this, they said that it was actually a Samsung monitor. For the real Mag, add $145. >MAXIGRAF VESA Standard Local Bus video with S3 Accelerator for windows > up to 1280x1024, up to 16 Million colors, > 50-100 times faster than VGA, Winmark 50.1M > (32bit driver for OS/2 available) >TEAC's reliable 3.5" & 5.25" FDDs >Futitsu soft click enhanced 101 keyboard >2 Serial, 1 Parallel, 1 Game port >MS Windows 3.1, MS DOS 5.0 and high resolution serial mouse > >The price for the 486DX2-66 is 2625$ >Shipping 145$ to Canada (it would take 10 working days) Other than that, their prices look pretty good. I'm considering them myself. If anyone knows anything *bad* about Maximus, speak up! Jon -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Jon Cargille jcargill@cs.wisc.edu Want your .sig compressed? Reasonable rates and fast turnaround. Call today!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!daffy!uwvax!oka.cs.wisc.edu!jcargill From: jcargill@oka.cs.wisc.edu (Jon Cargille) Subject: Re: Maximus EISA/VL-Bus system Message-ID: <1993Jan12.221359.6475@cs.wisc.edu> Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison CS Dept References: <1992Dec31.233940.28309@cc.umontreal.ca> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:13:59 GMT Lines: 42