From: al-b@minster.york.ac.uk Subject: Re: "Dream" Machine setup complete. listing follows: Date: 19 May 1993 19:39:09 GMT
In article <TJXR4B4w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
>gregh@hercules.dcrt.nih.gov (Gregory Humphreys) writes:
>
>> I haven't actually bought this system yet, so it's still open
>> to suggestions, but I'm really interested in hearing about any
>> incompatibilities that people have found with any of the following
>> parts:
>>
>> 486/DX2 66 VESA Local Bus Motherboard
>
>From what I've heard, the DX-2 runs the CPU @ 66 MHz, while everything
>else runs at 33 MHz. Getting a 50 MHz DX-1 would mean *everything*
>would be running at 50 MHz. This issue has been on my mind for quite
>some time as I think about buying a new machine. Is there really any
>savings in getting the faster DX-2 (assuming both chips have the same
>size cache)??
As far as I know the VL-bus is only specified to 40MHz (?)
But I can also remember reading that 33MHz machines could have up to
3 local bus slots, whereas 50MHz ones could only have two slots.
(How do those two statements fit together..?)
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>
>> Pro Audio Spectrum 16
>> Northgate 101 Keyboard
>> Microsoft Mouse (NOT the one that looks like it has been in an oven)
>
>Personally I'd go with the 3-button Logitech mouse.
Me too. X without 3 buttons is horrible!
>
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