jcs@chinet.UUCP (John C. Sucilla) (04/17/87)
A mail order company named BCE is selling an Intel AboveBoard Clone for PC's and XT's for $99.00 (0K), and $299.00 (2Meg). It is called the Fastcard IV and made by a company called Thesys. The card has an eprom on it where utilities like a ramdisk driver and disk cacher reside. It also has serial and parallel ports, a clock/ calender, and a game port. Does any body have any experience with this card? Any problems with it? Please send mail directly to me and if there is enough interest I'll post the replies I get. -- John "C". Sucilla Chinet - Chicago, Illinois ...ihnp4!chinet!jcs Don't let reality stop you.....
don@pecnos.UUCP (04/27/87)
In article <867@chinet.UUCP> jcs@chinet.UUCP writes: >A mail order company named BCE is selling an Intel AboveBoard Clone >for PC's and XT's for $99.00 (0K), and $299.00 (2Meg). >It is called the Fastcard IV and made by a company called Thesys. >The card has an eprom on it where utilities like a ramdisk driver and >disk cacher reside. It also has serial and parallel ports, a clock/ >calender, and a game port. > >Does any body have any experience with this card? Any problems with it? >Please send mail directly to me and if there is enough interest I'll >post the replies I get. I have installed this card in my Zenith Z158 and it works fine with one exeption. A print buffer is included with the board. When this print buffer is active it takes about 2-3 times longer to print a file then if the print buffer is disabled. I made a call to their support line but the person I spoke with seemed to have no experience at all. I was promised a return call but that never came. So don't count on the print spooler portion to work well and don't count on any help from the technical support line. Name........: Donald F. Hopkins Company.....: CONCURRENT Computer Corporation (A Perkin-Elmer Company) US Mail.....: 106 Apple St., Tinton Falls, N.J. 07724 Phone.......: 201-758-7268 UUCP..(work): ...!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!pecnos!don (home): ...!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!pecnos!buslog!don Disclaimer: The above opinions are only mine and not that of my employer.