🚀 go-pugleaf

I'm now in the market for a new motherboard for my 386/33 machine ...
I'm thinking 486/50 ...
So I'm going through the Computer Shopper, checking prices, and find I have
lots of questions ...
   - EISA or ISA or Local Bus.  
     - Will EISA do me any good if I still have ISA cards ?
     - How much faster is Local Bus?
   - Chipsets : Vega, Opti, American Digicom, Micronics, AMI, Compat, Free ...
     - Any specific chipsets to look for / avoid?
     - Any 'quirks' to look for / avoid ?
       ( right now I'm running OS/2 and DOS, and plan to play w/ Linux later )
   - Mail order: Any places to look for / avoid ?
     - Right now, I'm looking at ads from: Motherboard Warehouse, Dee One
       Systems, Treasure Chest Peripherals, Hard Drive Super Source (for
       memory ...) and Zora Computer.
       Any of these places (or others) that I should buy from or avoid?
       Any advice ?  (I've never bought anything big like this via mail order.)
   - Any good / cheap places to buy 4megx9 60 ns simms ?

Thanks ... 
   Doug McLaren
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