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From: "J. David Johnson" <jdavid@infinet.com>
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Subject: Re: PVR-compatible Motherboards
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At 03:45 AM 1/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Thus, my question. Will the dual-chip Asus board handle both the PVR and
>the daughtercard without any problems? If so, does it block an additional
>PCI slot or one of the ISA slots? If not, can anyone elso out there
>recommend any other MB manufacturers that do have PCI slots unobscured by
>the fan, heat sink and cpu? Or would it be best just to use the DPS PCI
>extender? Unfortunately, our systems vendor isn't very up-to-speed in
>these matters. :-(
>
I just bought a UMC motherboard (actually one of the least in cost)
that offers a Triton Chipset. (It is listed as a Pentium (r) Motherboard)
It benchmarks pretty good compared to other results I've read.
Mine's got the 256k pipline burst cache and ran me $629. Not bad...
Anyway all three of the PCI slots are available! The CPU/fan sits slightly below
the third slot (that one may be a little tight) and is positioned in front
of the ISA (4) slots.
Again, when compared to a ZEOS 133 (probably not pipeline) my system is
