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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 386DX-40 or 486SX-33? Date: 6 Dec 1996 19:30:04 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <589s7s$aro@raven.eva.net> References: <nigel.32.00137D82@znet.net.au> <5898qk$kgl@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> <nigel.33.000056AD@znet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nigel Gorry (nigel@znet.net.au) wrote: : >: I was wondering if it's worth replacing my 386DX-40 motherboard with a : >: 486SX-33? : >: Both have 8Mb RAM. : >: Any ideas?? : I wasn't planning on spending money - I already have both motherboards and : was wondering which one will be more efficient???? The 486SX/33. I wouldn't do anything that requires an FPU though (such as X), but it would make a decent mail server if that's all you want to use it for and possibly a small BBS site. -- /* ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' *************************************************************************** ** Note: Please direct all unsolicited commercial e-mail (Spam) to the ** special account postmaster@accessnv.com. Thank you. *************************************************************************** */