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Re: PRICES 1

Date:6:56 pm Wed Nov 1, 1995
Number:#16
From:Servility
Base:Commercials
To:Arioch
Subj:Re: PRICES 1
A> Yup, the seperate cards are real expensive.. same with when VLB was the big
A> thing though.. I remember the ISA ones were like 20$ and the VLB ones were
A> like 70$... I dunno why PCI is so out of range.. but ah well... not many
A> people need 'em anyways.. Actually I don't see why anyone would need 'em..
A> Cause the PCI/ISA MB's come with 'em built in (any decient board anyway),
A> and the VLB/PCI boards will run fine with a VLB one.. but I guess that'd be
A> the place for them... anyways.. I'm babbling on here.. Haven't sold any of
A> 'em.. I just tell people to buy a new motherboard.. it's almost cheaper. (in
A> the long run)

Large cheaper.. cause 90% of PCI onboard controller MB come with 16550
UARTS on the board as well... and VLB ones are only like $30 I think that's
how much I paid for my dad's...

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A> Yup, the seperate cards are real expensive.. same with when VLB was the big  
A> thing though.. I remember the ISA ones were like 20$ and the VLB ones were   
A> like 70$...  I dunno why PCI is so out of range.. but ah well... not many    
A> people need 'em anyways.. Actually I don't see why anyone would need 'em..   
A> Cause the PCI/ISA MB's come with 'em built in (any decient board anyway),    
A> and the VLB/PCI boards will run fine with a VLB one.. but I guess that'd be  
A> the place for them... anyways.. I'm babbling on here.. Haven't sold any of   
A> 'em.. I just tell people to buy a new motherboard.. it's almost cheaper. (in 
A> the long run)                                                                
                                                                                
    Large cheaper.. cause 90% of PCI onboard controller MB come with 16550      
UARTS on the board as well... and VLB ones are only like $30 I think that's     
how much I paid for my dad's...                                                 
                                                                                
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