Date: 6:56 pm Wed Nov 1, 1995 Number : 16 of 60 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...