[Dx4win] New Computer - Which Windows to use?

Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:49:38 -0600

Maybe they're behind the times, but one of the big office outlets
(OfficeMax, Office Depot, or some such) had 256MB SDRAM for $30 in
Sunday's ad...

        73,  Duane

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 20:01:49 -0500 "Phil Levin W2GE" <[email protected]>
writes:
> Wonder what "chipset" the motherboard was using?????  It's sure not 
> to
> the Athlon!  Regarding memory, Pete, it is actually VERY high right 
> now,
> basically twice as much as I month ago.  256mb DDR ram is now
> $70.00!!!!!  Still memory overall (for what you get, i.e. bang for 
> the
> buck) is cheap.
> 
> Phil W2GE
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Pete Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:17 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] New Computer - Which Windows to use?
> 
> At 03:15 PM 1/1/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >FYI,
> >I recently got an Athlon 1.4G PC. It would not run the Iomega ZIP
> drive.
> >WHen I called ZIP, they were very nice and told me the athlon
> >motherboard chip set  will not talk to a zip drive.  The local 
> store
> >where I got the computer, EROLS, confirmed the problem and  
> replaced
> >the PC aand gave me a P4, now all works good.  I also had alot of
> driver
> >problems with the athlon.
> >hope this helps you,
> 
> These things sure aren't appliances yet, are they?  Just by 
> contrast,  I
> replaced the motherboard in my wife's machine with a 900 MHz Athlon 
> and
> had
> zero problems.  FWIW, www.tigerdirect.com has some very inexpensive
> motherboard and CPU bundles, and memory is so cheap right now it's 
> a
> great
> time to upgrade.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas