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From Nevada to Nobunaga on 5:35 am Sat Nov 18, 1995
N> * Reply to msg originally in Bn_B&S
N>
N> Servility blew chunks.. errr yapped about Re: 486 - Pentium
N> to Bellicose on 11-16-95 15:54 ...
N>
B> Except in math based porgrams where the FPU of the Pentiums is superio
B> or at least that's what I've been told.
N>
N> Se> :) And
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From Excalibur to Hood Rat on 5:05 am Mon Nov 20, 1995
BO> Tell me about it I have a DX 2 66 with 4 RAM it runs windows 95 like SHIT f
BO> I need like $2000 just to get it running good. RAM AND VIDEO CARD that's th
BO> key.
HR>
HR> Yeah, no kidding. I only have 4 megs of ram right now and a shitty vide
HR> card. hehe But soon I'll ha
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From Hood Rat to Excalibur on 4:20 pm Mon Nov 20, 1995
HR> Yeah, no kidding. I only have 4 megs of ram right now and a shitty vide
HR> card. hehe But soon I'll have a decent computer.
E>
E> Believe me.. RAM is the key factor. Win95 on a 16 MB system would be
E> light-years faster than on 8, no matter what the CPU.
Yah, no kidding..
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From Beastie Boy to Socrates on 9:59 am Tue Nov 21, 1995
BB> too bad at all. But I got a Pentium 90, 8 megs ram, 2x CD-ROM w/ SB, 850 H
BB> etc for 1500 .. and I mean, that's not expensive at all (plus you could
BB> probably be able to get it cheaper now too!).
S> you couldn't buy it individual nowadays for cheaper than that.. Ie., P-9
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From Beastie Boy to Hood Rat on 9:59 am Tue Nov 21, 1995
HR> Yeah, that's what I wuz thinking as well. I'll probably go that route.
HR> Unless.....
HR> .....I can find a deal like that. How'd ya get all that for $1500?? I'l
HR> give ya $1000 right now for it. I don't need the m****-****a stuff. I alrea
HR> have all that stupid stuff.
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From Beastie Boy to Leprechaun on 9:59 am Tue Nov 21, 1995
L> The P5's won't be CHEAP as hell. The P6's will be EXPENSIVE as hell, the P5
L> aren't gonna drop that much right away, because people won't be able to affo
L> the P6, so they'll just go with a P5 still.
Ok, remember when the 486 came out .. the 386 costed peanuts. Like .. the
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From Bird Of Prey to Beastie Boy on 9:59 am Tue Nov 21, 1995
BB> Umm.. I still think they will drop in price because new buys will still wa
BB> the top of the line systems and therefore go for the P-6 .. and as a result
BB> the price of the P-5 will drop ..
The whole cycle repeats over and over again soon they'll find something else
and i
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From Hood Rat to Beastie Boy on 5:42 pm Tue Nov 21, 1995
BB> Shit .. I guess you don't realize that's without a monitor. BTW, there's t
BB> store in TO that sells 486 DX4/100's .. with monitor, 4 megs ram, 540 meg H
BB> umm .. 2X CD-ROM, sound card etc. for like 900$ Shit, that's a deal and a
BB> half. Anyways, it's called Compu Silv o
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From Molson to Hood Rat on 1:58 am Thu Nov 23, 1995
.·∙Hood Rat Blurted this to Excalibur
`∙·On 20 Nov 95 15:34:16·∙·.
HR> Yeah, no kidding. I only have 4 megs of ram right now and a shitty vide
HR> card. hehe But soon I'll have a decent computer.
E>
E> Believe me.. RAM is the key factor. Win95 on a 16 MB system would be
E> light
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From Leprechaun to Beastie Boy on 2:47 am Thu Nov 23, 1995
L> The P5's won't be CHEAP as hell. The P6's will be EXPENSIVE as hell, the P5
L> aren't gonna drop that much right away, because people won't be able to affo
L> the P6, so they'll just go with a P5 still.
BB>
BB> Ok, remember when the 486 came out .. the 386 costed peanuts. Like
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From Extreme to Hood Rat on 1:58 pm Thu Nov 23, 1995
E> I'm going to butt in... NO 486dx100 is FASTER than a p60, BUT if you load u
E> the 486 with pci attachments, kick ass controller/video card etc..etc.. it c
E> be faster than a p60 with generic parts...
HR> E>
HR> We're talking about a DX4/120 and a Pent 60-75. A DX4/120 kills
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From Stranger to Extreme on 3:12 pm Thu Nov 23, 1995
E> I wouldn't say kills it.. but ya, I believe that, but p60's AND p75's are
E> crap anyways, they don't make 60's anymore, and p75's are rejected p100's
E> (from what I hear)
They are... 60 are reject 66... 90 are reject 100... 75 must be really
rejected 100... 120 are reject 1
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From Norman Bates to Molson on 3:36 pm Thu Nov 23, 1995
HR> Yah, no kidding.. But it didn't run badly on 4 megs with an SX/33.. it
HR> wuzn't quick, but wuzn't slow.. not any slower than W3.1 wuz..
M>
M> are you smoking crack? i ran it on a sx-33 and 4 megs ram...i almost turned
M> by the time it loaded up! hehe it was WAY slower then
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From Extreme to Stranger on 10:16 am Tue Nov 28, 1995
S> They are... 60 are reject 66... 90 are reject 100... 75 must be really
S> rejected 100... 120 are reject 133... 150 are reject 166... and there is a 1
S> (I think) which is a rejected 200... determined by how many errors are put o
S> by running it at higher speeds...
so basic
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From Stranger to Extreme on 4:50 pm Tue Nov 28, 1995
S> They are... 60 are reject 66... 90 are reject 100... 75 must be really
S> rejected 100... 120 are reject 133... 150 are reject 166... and there is a 1
S> (I think) which is a rejected 200... determined by how many errors are put o
S> by running it at higher speeds...
E>
E> so