On Tue, 04 Jun 1996 10:29:32 +0100 
 "Neil J. McRae" <neil@domino.org> wrote:

 > On Fri, 31 May 1996 14:03:47 +0200 
 >  Anders Eriksson <Anders.C.Eriksson@telia.se> wrote:
 > 
 > > Intel ADVANCED/EV PCI motherboard
 > > P100
 > > AMI Flash bios
 > > 256 kb pipeline burst cache
 > > 16 Mb EDO RAM
 > > 2 channels PCI EIDE hd controller
 > > 850 Mb WDC EIDE hd
 > 
 > I would pay the extra and get a quantum fireball.

...I'd avoid the Quantum, and get Fujitsu drives.  I've had no end of 
trouble with Quantums and Seagates, and I've _never_ had a problem with a 
Fujitsu drive...'Course, this assumes getting SCSI...

 > > ATI Mach 64 PCI, 1 Mb graphics card
 > > Soundblaser AWE 32
 > > Mitsumi FX600 6x CD-rom

...and if you do go the SCSI route, get a SCSI cdrom drive :-)

I'm guessing this particular Mitsumi drive is ATAPI?  Well, with any luck 
ATAPI will be in 1.2.

 > > 3COM etherlink PCI combo
 > 
 > I would swap this card for an SMC 10/100 card.
 > 
 > > MS-mouse model II, serial
 > > 
 > > What do you think about it? 
 > > Shall I replace anything of it? 
 > > Is there device-driver support for all this?
 > > 
 > > I'm especially interested in wether this motherboard is considerd "good" 
 > > or "bad".
 > > 
 > The only thing I hate about this motherboard is that is only takes 2
 > full length PCI cards. The other 2 slots are blocked because of the
 > processor. Anyone know of a motherboard  that can take 4 full length cards
 > in the PCI slots? I know one exists but I can't remember what it is called
 > :)
 > 
 > Neil.
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 > neil@DOMINO.ORG
 > 
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