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In purchasing a mother board, I have to make a choice amoung the following:

1. A 386DX/33 mother board with 64KB cache. There are 8 RAM module
   slots. The price is about $170. In the normal mode, it is about 
   18MHz. In the turbo mode, it is at 52 MHz. This board has a
   socket for a math co-processor. 
  
2. A 486SX/25 mother board with no cache. Also 8 RAM module slots.
   The price is about $200. In the normal mode, it is about 22 MHz. In
   the turbo mode, it is at 84 MHz. I was also told that I can late
   update to 486DX/50 (the mother board has a socket for a 486DX/50 chip)
   by pluging in a 486DX/50 and upgrading the crystal. 

It seems to me that choice 2 is more cost-effective. The only thing
bothers me is the fact that it has no cache on the mother board.

I may use the PC for running MicroSoft Windows 3.1, load it with
MicroSoft DOS 5.0, do some image captures (grabbing), practice with a 
relational data base packege, play with multi-media application such
as viewing TVs and games.

Wath would be your choice? 

Thanks for your advice. Please reply by email.

  -Chen    xchen@caip.rutgers.edu