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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.hardware.misc,comp.os.qnx
Subject: Re: Recommendations for a P5-90 system (what to look for, where to order)
Date: 23 Sep 1994 03:46:28 GMT
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In-reply-to: ben@rex.uokhsc.edu's message of Fri, 23 Sep 1994 01:48:14 GMT
In article <CwK7oF.GDq@rex.uokhsc.edu> ben@rex.uokhsc.edu (Benjamin Z. Goldsteen) writes:
I would like to buy a
P5-90
16 MB RAM (16MB SIMMS, too)
This is impossible. Current 72-pin SIMMs are 32-bits wide (plus
parity). The Pentium has a 64-bit data bus. Thus, you will always
have to have pairs of SIMMs in a Pentium machine (unless someone comes
up with 64-bit SIMMs). So, you can get 16MB with two 8MB SIMMs, or
get two 16MB SIMMs and get 32MB -- you can't have 16MB with a 16MB
SIMM on a Pentium.
I thought I was going to buy this from Dell, but I think their shipping
times are too long for my needs. So now, I am interested in advice and
pointers on where I can find a *high-quality* system that more or less
[...]
P.S.The reason I posted this to a lot of different news groups is that
I would like to keep my options open: BSD, Linux, QNX, OS/2, WinNT,
etc.
Then DON'T buy a Dell XPS system. We have had nothing but nightmares
trying to get an XPS to run Windoze NT without crashing. It just
doesn't work right. On the other hand, NT runs blisteringly fast and
stable on Dell OmniPlex systems, but these are outrageously expensive.
My personal recommendation is ALR (Advanced Logic Research). I have
owned an ALR machine for a few years, and I can attest that it is one
helluva machine. They use the highest quality components of about any
PC manufacturer I've seen. Plus, I've had to deal with their
tech. support in the past, and they are exceptionally top notch.
What's more, in about every big magazine review I've seen, where they
test a *bunch* of systems, the ALR systems almost always are the top
machine in the quality and the speed categories. The newest ALR
Evolution V machines being the latest in this trend. If there is one
word that would describe ALR, I would say it would be "quality".
The biggest drawback is that ALR will only sell through authorized
dealers. They do not sell mail-order. So, you need to find a near-by
ALR dealer, then you need to convince him you're not the average PC
dunce, and don't need support, and that he should sell it to you for
just over cost. If you can do this, however, I think the ALR systems
are outstanding machines. If you are interested in finding your
nearest ALR dealer, their number is 714-581-6770.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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