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by **Jeffrey Ni** » Wed, 18 Jan 1995 07:27:20

The time has finally come. I have a wad of money burning a hole in my
pocket and I'm going to buy this week, but I have to get feedback on this
deal first. Altus (of Walnut CA) advertizes a P90system with 8mb, 730mb,
15" monitor with a 1mb Trident PCI video card. The price is an unheard
of $1748 +$65 s&h, with 3 year warranty. Now, this is just too
tempting. Some corners had to be cut. An additional $200 will replace
the TRIDENT with a Stealth 64, so that is one corner. What I really
worry about is the motherboard. It is by SIS, which I have never heard
of, and when I pressed Regine, my friendly but non-native english
speaking sales representative about the chip set and bios all she could
come up with for me was "Award", which I have also not heard of. I'm not
even sure if that is a chipset or bios.
I am really fired up to spend some money, but I am not keen to
waste any. This system will run Linux (of course) and OS-2 (and ok,
ms-dos&win3.11 and if it ever actually arrives, Chicago).

Regards,

Jeff

by **Psychic Chick** » Wed, 18 Jan 1995 10:13:25

Quote:>worry about is the motherboard. It is by SIS, which I have never heard
>of, and when I pressed Regine, my friendly but non-native english
>speaking sales representative about the chip set and bios all she could
>come up with for me was "Award", which I have also not heard of. I'm not
>even sure if that is a chipset or bios.

Well, if it helps any it's Award Bios. I have it on my machine. Seems
to be fine. I recently bought a system in the Bay area and that price
isn't too far off...especially if it's got IDE controller & hard
drive. (SCSI costs a noticeable bit more)

Something to ask about is if it's a desktop or tower model (and if
tower, is it mini, mid, or full) for upgrade purposes. The brand of
monitor and dpi rating would also be of interest...

Good luck!

--Rebecca
--

by **Steven Constanti** » Thu, 19 Jan 1995 22:00:21

: The time has finally come. I have a wad of money burning a hole in my
: pocket and I'm going to buy this week, but I have to get feedback on this
: deal first. Altus (of Walnut CA) advertizes a P90system with 8mb, 730mb,
: 15" monitor with a 1mb Trident PCI video card. The price is an unheard
: of $1748 +$65 s&h, with 3 year warranty. Now, this is just too
: tempting. Some corners had to be cut. An additional $200 will replace
: the TRIDENT with a Stealth 64, so that is one corner. What I really
: worry about is the motherboard. It is by SIS, which I have never heard
: of, and when I pressed Regine, my friendly but non-native english
: speaking sales representative about the chip set and bios all she could
: come up with for me was "Award", which I have also not heard of. I'm not
: even sure if that is a chipset or bios.
: I am really fired up to spend some money, but I am not keen to
: waste any. This system will run Linux (of course) and OS-2 (and ok,
: ms-dos&win3.11 and if it ever actually arrives, Chicago).

: Regards,

: Jeff

At least check how many expansion sockets there are - for extra cards -
AND memory. Is it a 'green' board etc.

steve
--

Steven Constantine:

i-DX2-66 : 8Mb Ram : 946Mb HD: Soundblaster 16 : Creative CD-ROM

.....sporting a rather tasteful unix-thingie...'L' something....

by **Sven Palm** » Sun, 22 Jan 1995 03:28:38

Quote:
> worry about is the motherboard. It is by SIS, which I have never heard
> of, and when I pressed Regine, my friendly but non-native english

Hi,
I`m using a SiS Board (486DX33..50). And I`ve got no problems at all
(MS/Dr DOS, Linux)

Sven

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