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Article #43556Re: Brain-Dead 286 (now Bus Speeds)
From: Marshall L. Buhl
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 19:09
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 19:09
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MAM155@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >I hesitate to purchase a '386 machine becauseI found that the Bus speed is to >fast to handle some expansion cards!!!! I mean that one card would work and >another, of the same model, would not work on the same computer !!!!! >the machinesthhat has happened on are AT clones with DTK mother boards. >so I would wait a little longer to buy a '386 All the 386s I've used run the I/O bus at 8 MHz. Only the processor and 32-bit RAM run at the system's rated speed. I would expect to have MORE problems with a fast 286, because the entire system runs at one rate. I've used Compaq, Dell, Everex and Dolch 386s and never even once had a bus speed problem. This problem was successfully handled with the original 386 - the Compaq DeskPro 386. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@wind55.seri.gov Senior Computer Engineer VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Brain-Dead 286 (now Bus Speeds) Message-ID: <1990Mar6.190956.3001@seri.gov> Date: 6 Mar 90 19:09:56 GMT References: <8662@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> <1640066@hpspcoi.HP.COM> <90065.025357MAM155@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: news@seri.gov (news [NO CHARGE]) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 19