jseidman@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (James Seidman) (02/28/90)
I'm planning on buying a new computer, say a 386/20 with 40-80 MB HD, 1-4 MD
RAM, both 3-1/2 & 5-1/4 floppies, etc. I was going to buy it from an
inexpensive mail order place. Does anyone have a good list of
caveats/questions to ask before I buy?
I already know about whether you can choose to have the high memory to act
as expanded rather than shadow RAM, and whether it includes an LIM EMS
driver. What else should I worry about? Also, how much does a 32K or 64K
cache really speed up most applications, and will it work effectively for
windowing software like Windows/386? (That is, it seems to me that a
multitasking environment could negate much of the benefit of a cache. Does
this happen?)
Please e-mail replies and I will post a summary to the net.
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Jim Seidman, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711. (714) 621-8000 x2026
DISCLAIMER: I don't even know if these are opinions, let alone those of
anyone other than me.