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In article <791487585snz@produce.demon.co.uk>
           alan@produce.demon.co.uk "Alan Cartledge" writes:

>Hi,
>
>I was curious as to what problems anyone has encountered building there 
>own PC.
>
>What technical problems did you encounter? (compatability between 
>components, etc)

IDE cards not compatible. Instability caused by SCSI controler not being in
master VL socket. Instability requiring motherboard upgrade.


>How much electronics know-how is required?

Good understanding of anti static procedure. Getting connectors on the right
way !


> I understand home power 
>circuits, lighting, etc. and have installed a couple of intruder alarms 
>but have next to no knowledge about electronics at all.

Should do.


>Roughly how much would it cost to build a 486dx266 PC with 4mb ram and 
>about a 500 mb hard drive?

Depends on the phase of the moon. Right now RAM is going up and CPU is
comming down.


>What cost difference is there between Vesa local bus and ISA?

VESA is a lot quicker for video and HD access. 32 bit 33 MHz bus rather than
16 bit 8 MHz bus.


>I don't imagine the task to be *too* difficult, is it? 

No. But it can be a bit of a roaler coaster ride when bits don't go and things
have to be sent back.

In the end though you get what you want and it costs less.

If you want a source to buy parts, talk to Armari systems on 081 810 7441.
Ask for Dan.  If you want 486, talk to him about Rocket 2s and ED RAM.

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John Beardmore     wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk
                   wookie@cix.compulink.co.uk

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