amitava@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Amitava Das) (05/23/91)
i am planning to buy a DTK, 80386, 33MHz system. can someone comment on
their performance and problems. any suggestion is highly welcome.
thanks a lot.
amitava@ecn.purdue.eduskipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp) (06/03/91)
amitava@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Amitava Das) writes: > i am planning to buy a DTK, 80386, 33MHz system. can someone comment on > their performance and problems. any suggestion is highly welcome. > I'd stay away from DTK. I've had several bad experiences with their BIOS chips and their motherboard designs in general. I cannot tell you for sure if they are still selling the original 386DX motherboards they did a year ago, but I can tell you they stunk - the kicker was - one day I called DTK asking for distributors of their RAM cards (DTK uses a proprietary edge configuration on their cards), and they told me they no longer manufactured them, BUT, they still were manufacturing the motherboards that used them. <?> That kind of customer support I can do without. Skip ************************************************************************** ** SkipM@DORSAI.com - The Dorsai Embassy / Dorsai Diplomatic Mission ** ** (Systems Manager) - Consulate : (212) 431-1944 ** ************************************************************************** ** "The difference between a good man, and a bad man, is the choice of ** ** cause." - Unknown ** **************************************************************************
j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning) (06/04/91)
In article <Fkiy32w163w@dorsai>, skipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp) writes... >amitava@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Amitava Das) writes: > >> i am planning to buy a DTK, 80386, 33MHz system. can someone comment on >> their performance and problems. any suggestion is highly welcome. >> > >I'd stay away from DTK. I've had several bad experiences with their BIOS >chips and their motherboard designs in general. I cannot tell you for >sure if they are still selling the original 386DX motherboards they >did a year ago, but I can tell you they stunk - the kicker was - one >day I called DTK asking for distributors of their RAM cards (DTK uses >a proprietary edge configuration on their cards), and they told me >they no longer manufactured them, BUT, they still were manufacturing >the motherboards that used them. <?> That kind of customer support >I can do without. > Different strokes I guess. I have had a system with a DTK motherboard since August of '90 and have not had a single problem with it or the DTK BIOS. I haven't had any trouble getting any software to run and all of my hardware(internal modem, soundblaster, Seagate SCSI controller, multi-io board, Super VGA card) have worked without a hitch. I have filled the motherboard with 4 1mbX9 simms and wish I could go higher without having to replace them with 2 4mbX9 simms but I guess that is life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Rudy's on a train to nowhere, | | John Manning | halfway down the line. | | j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com | | | | "Rudy", Crime of the Century | | | Supertramp | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) (06/05/91)
In article <Fkiy32w163w@dorsai> skipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp) writes: >amitava@ei.ecn.purdue.edu (Amitava Das) writes: > >> i am planning to buy a DTK, 80386, 33MHz system. can someone comment on >> their performance and problems. any suggestion is highly welcome. >> > >I'd stay away from DTK. I've had several bad experiences with their BIOS >chips and their motherboard designs in general. I cannot tell you for >sure if they are still selling the original 386DX motherboards they >did a year ago, but I can tell you they stunk - the kicker was - one >day I called DTK asking for distributors of their RAM cards (DTK uses >a proprietary edge configuration on their cards), and they told me >they no longer manufactured them, BUT, they still were manufacturing >the motherboards that used them. <?> That kind of customer support >I can do without. > >Skip Which motherboards WOULD you recommend? * * * * * * * ======================= Meir Green * * * * * * * * ======================= mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * * ======================= meir@msb.com