winston@fjcnet.GOV (Winston M. Llamas) (11/03/89)
In the October 30 issue of PC Week, there is an ad for cheap 386 and 386SX machines from an outfit called Memory Masters. Has anyone used any of their systems before? I called them up and asked them what the difference is between exists between their 25mhz 386 boxes (they offer one both a cached and non-cached model) but the salesman I talked to didn't know a thing other than one had a cache. I asked them waht motherboard they used and he said something about "Beaver" (okay, I probably heard it incorrectly). Can anyone point me to a good, cheap 386 box? Thanks. - Winston M. Llamas
ca_bt@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (11/08/89)
In the October 30 issue of PC Week, there is an ad for cheap 386 and 386SX >machines from an outfit called Memory Masters. Has anyone used any of their >systems before? I called them up and asked them what the difference is >between exists between their 25mhz 386 boxes (they offer one both a cached >and non-cached model) but the salesman I talked to didn't know a thing other >than one had a cache. I asked them waht motherboard they used and he said >something about "Beaver" (okay, I probably heard it incorrectly). Can >anyone point me to a good, cheap 386 box? Thanks. >- Winston M. Llamas I think you heard correctly. Beaver is a small motherboard manufacturer from the heart of Silicon Valley - Sunnyvale CA. I have no affiliation with them but I do have a generic '286 machine with their motherboard and an AMI BIOS which has worked fine for 2 years now. Bill Tsang U of Chicago GSB
msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) (11/10/89)
Can anybody tell me, is it possible to update a 8086 processor with a 80386SX? Thanks, Michael