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Re: DTK keen 3304, 386, 33MHz system

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From: Meir
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 00:31
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In article <Fkiy32w163w@dorsai> skipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp) writes:
>amitava@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Amitava Das) writes:
>
>> i am planning to buy a DTK, 80386, 33MHz system. can someone comment on
>> their performance and problems. any suggestion is highly welcome.
>> 
>
>I'd stay away from DTK. I've had several bad experiences with their BIOS
>chips and their motherboard designs in general. I cannot tell you for
>sure if they are still selling the original 386DX motherboards they
>did a year ago, but I can tell you they stunk - the kicker was - one
>day I called DTK asking for distributors of their RAM cards (DTK uses
>a proprietary edge configuration on their cards), and they told me
>they no longer manufactured them, BUT, they still were manufacturing
>the motherboards that used them. <?> That kind of customer support 
>I can do without.
> 
>Skip

Which motherboards WOULD you recommend?

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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
Subject: Re: DTK keen 3304, 386, 33MHz system
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