From: trown@ecst.csuchico.edu (Nick Trown) Subject: Re: IBM Alaris Motherboard? Date: 28 Jul 1993 03:29:25 GMT
In article <m5ar18INN78j@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> dgrove@seville (Dan Grove) writes:
>
>I keep seeing really cheap IBM Alaris motherboards out here
>(~$325-$350 for 486SLC2-50 motherboards). Has anyone out
>there tried a system based on this? Are there problems with
>the IBM (rather than Intel) chip? Any info would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Dan
>
I have a 486SLC2-66 with Linux on it and I didn't have any problems at
all. I really like the motherboard (alaris). The only thing that is a
little disappointing is that it doesn't have a FPU on the chip. You can
get one for $70-100 though so big deal.
Nick