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Article #9979Building 486 EISA system - help wanted
From: todd
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 21:34
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 21:34
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I'm thinking about building a 25 MHZ-486 EISA system. I want it to have 8 MB memory and a 200 MB SCSI drive. So far I'm considering a Mylex EISA motherboard and Adaptec 1542B adapter (EISA cards are to expensive at the moment) along with a 200 MB Maxtor drive. I'm also considering a Diamond SPEEDSTAR+ super VGA adapter. I'm still looking around at monitors, any suggestions? The other motherboard I've considered was an AMI 486 EISA but people have told me to go with Mylex. Does anyone out there in netland have any experience with these EISA motherboards? I've heard that both are top quality but the Mylex was a cut above the AMI. I'm also interested in hearing about any problems using the above mentioned cards and/or better choices to consider. Any suggestions, horror stories or good experiences will be appreciated. Thank you. -- Todd Clayton, AIX Performance IBM Austin, Tx. "My opinions above, facts below." INTERNET work: todd@vulcan.austin.ibm.com Phone work: (512) 823-3693
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ibmchs!auschs!awdprime!vulcan.austin.ibm.com!todd From: todd@vulcan.austin.ibm.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Building 486 EISA system - help wanted Message-ID: <7764@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 20 May 91 21:34:36 GMT References: <1991May20.150224.5214@sequent.com> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Distribution: usa Organization: IBM PSP, Austin, Tx Lines: 23