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From: iotov@cco.caltech.edu (Mihail S. Iotov)
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Subject: Re: X on dial-in
Date: 28 Dec 1994 04:28:46 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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Zachary Uram <zu22+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Hey,
>        what will give me the  best performance under these constraints:
>a) must dial in....annex only supports upto 14.4 now
>b) see a...no ethernet available
>c) isdn isn't feasible due to cost
>d) system is Micron P90

Is that a Pentium 90 ? If running remote X clients is important for you
you might consider exchanging this system for a 386DX40 and getting
ISDN with the spare cash. You also avoid possible 
FDIV bugs in this way, too.