From: Simon Wise (simon@wise.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/19/93


From: simon@wise.demon.co.uk (Simon Wise)
Subject: Re: 486 with 33 Mhz and 16Mb or 50 Mhz and 8Mb? 
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 09:06:10 +0000

In article <THIELOPH.93Feb17101134@crypt5.cs.uni-sb.de> thieloph@crypt5.cs.uni-sb.de writes:

>A friend of mine askes if he should by a 486 with 33 Mhz and 16Mb or a 486
>with 50 Mhz and 8Mb. (He has not enough money for 50 Mhz and 16Mb.) He plans
>to use X11, TeX and gcc with Linux.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>TC
>

No one in this thread has mentioned the bus whether LOCAL/ISA or EISA
is best suited for Linux. I'd certainly appreciate more info as this
would help me decide what to upgarde my 386/25 to.

Sorry if this a FAQ

Regards Simon

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