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from: Felix Miata
date: 2005-03-08 18:00:56
subject: Re: [OS2HW] Motherboard Shopping Homework

Ray Davison wrote:
 
> Felix Miata wrote:
 
> >>So far I have had two AMD 64 MB that would not provide OS/2 access to
> >>the desktop; no KB or mouse, and would not run Partition Magic 3.05 or
> >>6 while booted from a DOS floppy.  The MSI required special memory and
> >>video card to POST.

> > Things like that are why I quit buying motherboards with AMD chipsets.
 
> Assuming you and I mean the same thing when we say chip set, they were
> Via.

I meant to type VIA, not AMD, but there actually nets little difference,
since the vast majority of chipsets for AMD CPUs come from VIA. Until I
see good reason to change, I'm buying only Intel chipsets, which
consequently means also only Intel CPUs.
-- 
"In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you."
                                                Matthew 7:12 NIV

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