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In article <Bu2LKx.9Ir@unx.sas.com>, sasbge@ant.unx.sas.com (Gantt Edmiston) writes:
|> 
|> Hi, I'm in the market for my very first PC.  I've saved and saved (for years)
|> and watched the PC market as it has evolved and even better, as prices
|> have fallen through the floor.  As it will become apparent, I don't know
|> a lot about what I'm buying, thus this posting.
|> 
|> After lots of looking around and asking friends for recommendations, I
|> have probably decided on a Gateway 2000 486DX2/66mHz ISA  machine.
|> Several trade journals recommend the DX2 machines and all suggest that
|> a *minimum* CPU cache of 128K is the way to go.  Unfortunately, Gateway
|> only offers 64K cache...

Gantt,

I(we) have a Gateway 2000 486DX2/50 EISA (not ISA and not 66mHz) but it comes
with 128KB direct mapped cashe.  The manual shows how it can be easily
upgraded to a 256KB two-way set associative cache system.  On my system board
you need the following:

	One 128K SRAM SIMM module
	Two tag SRAMs (28 ppin DIP IC)
	One LRU SRAM (28 ppin DIP IC)

no setting of switches and/or jumpers.
Again, this is for the Gateway 2000 486DX2/50 EISA using Intel's 82350
EISA chipset.

I suggest if you're gonna do something like that, wait til *your* sales
rep returns after the holiday.

Hope this helps.
Jim Disbrow

work: 805/258-3417
home: 805/948-1363

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